 shave |
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| 1. | [ verb ] remove body hair with a razor | |
| Synonyms: | epilate | |
| Related terms: | groom tonsure razor | |
| 2. | [ verb ] cut closely | |
| Synonyms: | trim | |
| Examples: | "trim my beard" |
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| Related terms: | cut fleece trim | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make shavings of or reduce to shavings | |
| Examples: | "shave the radish" |
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| Related terms: | carve paring | |
| 4. | [ verb ] touch the surface of lightly | |
| Examples: | "His back shaved the counter in passing" |
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| Related terms: | graze skive grazing | |
| 5. | [ verb ] cut or remove with or as if with a plane | |
| Synonyms: | plane | |
| Examples: | "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" |
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| Related terms: | cut plane | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (business) cut the price of | |
| Synonyms: | knock_off | |
| Related terms: | reduce mark_down | |
| 7. | [ noun ] the act of removing hair with a razor | |
| Synonyms: | shaving | |
| Related terms: | cleaning depilation tonsure | |
| Similar spelling: |
shove Shive shiv Shupe Shope Shobe Shoaf Shiva Shipe Shiba sheep Sheba sheaf shape Shoaff shivah SHF Sheffey save |
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