Definitions of shave [ʃeɪv]

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Definition of 'shave'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) shave
to remove a growth of hair or beard with a razor.

2. (v.t.) shave
to remove hair from (the face, legs, etc.) by cutting it off close to the skin with a razor.

3.  shave
to cut off (hair, esp. the beard) close to the skin with a razor (often fol. by off or away).

4.  shave
to cut or scrape away the surface of with a sharp-edged tool.

5.  shave
to reduce to shavings or thin slices.

6.  shave
to cut or trim closely:
to shave a lawn.

7.  shave
to scrape, graze, or come very near to:
The car just shaved the garage door.

8.  shave
to purchase (a note) at a rate of discount greater than is legal or customary.

9.  shave
to reduce or deduct from (a price).

10. (n.) shave
the act, process, or an instance of shaving or being shaved.

11.  shave
a thin slice; shaving.

12.  shave
any of various tools for shaving, scraping, removing thin slices, etc.

Etymology: (bef. 900; (v.) OE sc(e)afan, c. MD, MLG schaven, OHG schaben, ON skafa to scrape, shave, Go skaban to shear)

Definition of 'shave'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) shave, shaving
the act of removing hair with a razor

2. (verb) shave
remove body hair with a razor

3. (verb) shave, trim
cut closely
"trim my beard"

4. (verb) shave, knock off
cut the price of

5. (verb) plane, shave
cut or remove with or as if with a plane
"The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"

6. (verb) shave
make shavings of or reduce to shavings
"shave the radish"

7. (verb) shave
touch the surface of lightly
"His back shaved the counter in passing"

Definition of 'shave'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) shave
to cut the hairs on your face, legs, underarms, etc. with a razor
I cut myself when I was shaving.; to shave your legs; He shaved his mustache off.

2. (noun) shave
an act of shaving, especially your face
He needed a shave.

Definition of 'shave'

Webster Dictionary

1. shave
obs. p. p. of Shave

2. (verb) shave
to cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard

3. (verb) shave
to make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself

4. (verb) shave
to cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices

5. (verb) shave
to skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing

6. (verb) shave
to strip; to plunder; to fleece

7. (verb) shave
to use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat

8. (verb) shave
a thin slice; a shaving

9. (verb) shave
a cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving

10. (verb) shave
an exorbitant discount on a note

11. (verb) shave
a premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular

12. (verb) shave
a hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave

13. (verb) shave
the act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave

Translation of 'shave'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to cut away (hair) from (usually oneself) with a razor He only shaves once a week.
Afrikaans: skeer	Arabic: يَحْلِق	Bulgarian: обръснвам (се)
Brazilian: fazer a barba	Czech: (o)holit (se)	German: rasieren
Danish: barbere sig	Greek: ξυρίζω, ξυρίζομαι	Spanish: afeitarse
Estonian: raseerima	Farsi: اصلاح كردن صورت	Finnish: ajaa partakoneella
French: (se) raser	Hebrew: לְגַלֵח	Hindi: मूंड़ना
Croatian: brijati, obrijati	Hungarian: borotválkozik	Indonesian: mencukur
Icelandic: raka (sig)	Italian: radersi, farsi la barba	Japanese: そる
Korean: 면도하다	Lithuanian: skusti(s)	Latvian: skūties; skūt
Malay: bercukur	Dutch: (zich) scheren	Norwegian: barbere (seg)
Polish: golić się	Persian: اصلاح كردن صورت	Pashto: خرييل: تراشل، توږل: ګرول،
Portuguese: fazer a barba	Romanian: a (se) rade	Russian: брить(ся)
Slovak: (o)holiť (sa)	Slovenian: briti (se)	Serbian: brijati
Swedish: raka [sig]	Thai: โกน	Turkish: tıraş olmak/etmek
Taiwanese: 刮鬍	Ukrainian: голитися	Urdu: مونڈنا، استرا پھیرنا
Vietnamese: cạo( râu, mặt, đầu)	Chinese: 刮脸
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