Definitions for shave
ʃeɪvshave

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shave, shavingverb

   the act of removing hair with a razor

2. shaveverb

   remove body hair with a razor

3. shave, trimverb

   cut closely

   "trim my beard"

4. shave, knock offverb

   cut the price of

5. plane, shaveverb

   cut or remove with or as if with a plane

   "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"

6. shaveverb

   make shavings of or reduce to shavings

   "shave the radish"

7. shaveverb

   touch the surface of lightly

   "His back shaved the counter in passing"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Shaveverb

   preterit shaved, part. shaved or shaven.

   Etymology: sceafan , Saxon; schaeven, Dutch.

   1. To pare off with a razor.

   He that is to be cleansed shall shave off all his hair. Levit.

   Zelim was the first of the Ottomans that did shave his beard: a bashaw ask’d why he alter’d the custom of his predecessors? He answered, because you bashaws may not lead me by the beard, as you did them. Francis Bacon.

   Dost thou not know this shaven pate? Truly it is a great man’s head. Richard Knolles, Hist. of the Turks.

   I caused the hair of his head to be shaved off. Richard Wiseman.

   2. To pare close to the surface.

   Sweet bird!
   Thee chauntress, oft the woods among,
   I wooe to hear the evening song:
   And missing thee, I walk unseen
   On the dry smooth shaven green. John Milton.

   The bending scythe
   Shaves all the surface of the waving green. John Gay.

   3. To skim by passing near, or slightly touching.

   He shaves with level wing the deep; then soars
   Up to the fiery concave tow’ring high. John Milton.

   4. To cut in thin slices.

   Make some medley of earth, with some other plants bruis’d or shaven in leaf or root. Francis Bacon.

   5. To strip; to oppress by extortion; to pillage.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shave

   obs. p. p. of Shave

2. Shaveverb

   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. Shaveverb

   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. Shaveverb

   to cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices

5. Shaveverb

   to skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing

6. Shaveverb

   to strip; to plunder; to fleece

7. Shaveverb

   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. Shaveverb

   a thin slice; a shaving

9. Shaveverb

   a cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving

10. Shaveverb

    an exorbitant discount on a note

11. Shaveverb

    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. Shaveverb

    a hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave

13. Shaveverb

    the act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave

14. Etymology: [OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D. schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth. scaban, Russ. kopate to dig, Gr. ska`ptein, and probably to L. scabere to scratch, to scrape. Cf. Scab, Shaft, Shape.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shave

   shāv, v.t. to cut off the hair with a razor: to pare closely: to make smooth by paring: to cut in thin slices: to skim along the surface: to strip, swindle.—v.i. to remove hair by a razor:—pa.p. shāved or shā′ven.—n. the act of shaving: a paring: a narrow miss or escape: a piece of financial knavery.—ns. Shave′-grass, the scouring-rush; Shave′ling, a monk or friar, from his shaven crown; Shā′ver, one who shaves: a barber: a sharp or extortionate dealer: (coll.) a chap, youngster; Shā′ving, the act of shaving: that which is shaved or pared off; Shā′ving-bā′sin, -bowl, -brush, a basin, bowl, brush, used by persons shaving.—Close, or Near, shave, a very narrow escape. [A.S. sceafan, scafan; Dut. schaven, Ger. schaben, L. scabĕre, to scrape, Gr. skaptein, to dig.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shave

   A close run; a narrow escape from a collision.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHAVE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shave is ranked #61899 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shave surname appeared 324 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shave.
   
   93.8% or 304 total occurrences were White.
   2.7% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.8% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Cut
   • Cut Up
   • Graze
   • Groom
   • Reduce

Anagrams for shave »

1. sheva

How to pronounce shave?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shave in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of shave in a Sentence

1. Rose Ricciardelli:

   A lot of people have a tipping point of when it's time to go, and other people never lose enough hair that they really shave it, [but] if someone thinks they'll look younger for shaving it, they'll shave it.

2. Ted Turner, A speech to the McCallie School in Chattanooga, TN:

   Hell, we spent $200 Billion to get a scared guy who needed a shave out of a fox-hole! And he may even die of prostate cancer before we even get a chance to try him, dammit!

3. Jeb Bush:

   If Lincoln were alive today, imagine the foolishness he would have to suffer. Advisers telling him to shave his beard. Cable pundits telling him to lose the top hat, opposition researchers calling him a five-time loser before the age of 50.

4. Markus Schaefer:

   If a certain production step takes 40 seconds, and data analysis finds a way to shave four seconds from the process, output can be increased by up to 10 percent, and it doesn't cost us anything.

5. David Letterman:

   I’ve kind of developed a real creepy look with it that I ’m sort of enjoying, i can tell that people are off-put by it. And the more people implore me to shave, the stronger my resolve is to not shave.

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