What does shave mean?

Definitions for shave
ʃeɪvshave

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Princeton's WordNet

  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 Dictionary

  1. To Shaveverb

    preterit shaved, part. shaved or shaven.

    Etymology: sceafan , Saxon; schaeven, Dutch.

    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.

    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.

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

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

ChatGPT

  1. shave

    To shave is the act of removing hair from the skin surface, usually with a razor or shaver. It typically refers to the practice of removing facial hair but can also apply to other parts of the body. This practice can be done for personal grooming, hygiene, or cultural, religious and aesthetic reasons.

Webster Dictionary

  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 Dictionary

  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 Terms

  1. shave

    A close run; a narrow escape from a collision.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  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.

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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. 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.

  2. Graham Norton:

    I don’t know why I had that one, i was in the dressing room with an hour to go before kick off when Sir Alex Ferguson( Manchester United manager) saw Manchester United manager and made me shave Manchester United manager off.

  3. David Nunez:

    Right now, contractors that wouldn't even touch some of the smaller jobs are bidding on them to keep going, refiners are coming to us and asking us where we can shave off some costs for them, and we are cutting our markups on supplies and other items.

  4. Photographer Nima Taradji:

    There are no horns or tails -- it's just a regular human being, she has to wear clothes and shave. She has dreams and hopes and failures and successes like anybody else.

  5. Esther Tognozzi:

    And of course, I said: What for? And they proceeded to come in, she sat on my chair, I said, Whats up, can I help you? She said, I want to shave my hair off. i said, No, you dont, [and] she said, Oh yes, I do.

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