shave
shave (s̸hāv)
transitive verb shaved, shaved or shav′en, shav′·ing
- to cut or scrape away a thin slice or slices from to shave the edge of a door
- to cut or scrape into thin sections or slices shaved ham
- to cut off (hair, esp. the beard) at the surface of the skin: often with off or away
- to cut the hair to the surface of to shave the chin, the legs, etc.
- to cut the beard of (a person)
- to barely touch or just miss touching in passing; graze
- to cut short or trim (grass, etc.) closely
- ☆ to discount (a note, bill, etc.) by more than the legal or customary rate
- ☆ Informal to lower (a price, rate, etc.) by a slight margin
Etymology: ME schaven < OE sceafan, akin to Ger schaben < IE base *(s)kab-, to cut > L scabere, to shave
intransitive verb
to cut off hair or beard with a razor or shaver; shave oneself
noun
- a tool used for cutting thin slices, as of wood, from a surface
- something shaved or sliced off; shaving
- the act or an instance of shaving the beard
shave
v.
Object
- cr.me: However you use men-u shave cr.me you control the amount of water either on the shaving brush or in your hand.
- Parmesan: Likewise the pasta, with it's own bowl of shaved parmesan, on a cold day it was a real treat.
- tenth: Blakeney then shaved a tenth off his time a few minutes later.
- hair: I will shave the hairs off my big toe.
- head: In 1500 BC in Egypt, a shaved head was considered the ultimate in feminine beauty.
- leg: There were some men with shaved legs, which scared me intensely.
Adjective modifier
- wet: However a wet shave is by far the best way to get a close shave that will be kind to the skin.
- smooth: Opens follicles and raises bristles for a closer, smoother shave.
- close: Alan: That was a bit of a close shave, wasn't it?
- quick: Finished it about 8, had a super quick shave ( bye bye chinny beard ) and shot up the pub.
Modifying Another Word
- after: Source: Adrian Stanley Clarke used after shave lotion to clean his bass guitar strings.
- freshly: I went in to discover him on the bed, stone cold sober, lying back and displaying his freshly shaven bollocks.
- close: Friday 5th May 2006 You could experience a ' close shave ' .
- closely: Both Dromios, Michael Matus and John Marquez, have now had their heads closely shaved to make them appear more alike.
- completely: Conair suppliers pledged £ 9,000 for John to have a complete makeover that resulted in him sporting a completely shaved head.
- almost: Stephens ' performance in the 50m freestyle saw him shave almost a second off his previous best with a time of 36.21 seconds.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- off: Now I'm the princess of prudence, I wanted to see how much I could shave off my phone bill.
- down: The straps have some flexibility, but the new haft must be shaved down to the same dimensions as the old one.
Followed by a transitive particle
- off: Think I have shaved off some of the fat last week.
Used with why or when
- when: I came away with a face full of stubble, although I was clean shaven when I went in there.
You can't put off being young until you retire, And however you bank your screw, the money you save Won't in the end buy you more than a shave.
Commuteröone who spends his life In riding to and from his wife; A man who shaves and takes a train, And then rides back to shave again.
To shave the beard is a sin that the blood of all the martyrs cannot cleanse.It is to deface the image of man created by God.
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