Shave Definition

shāv
shaved, shaven, shaves, shaving
verb
shaved, shaven, shaves, shaving
To cut off hair or the beard with a razor or shaver; shave oneself.
Webster's New World
To cut off (hair, esp. the beard) at the surface of the skin.
Webster's New World
To cut or scrape away a thin slice or slices from.
To shave the edge of a door.
Webster's New World
To cut or scrape into thin sections or slices.
Shaved ham.
Webster's New World
To cut short or trim (grass, etc.) closely.
Webster's New World
noun
shaves
The act or an instance of shaving the beard.
Webster's New World
A tool used for cutting thin slices, as of wood, from a surface.
Webster's New World
Any of various tools used for shaving.
American Heritage

(US, slang, dated) An exorbitant discount on a note.

Wiktionary

(US, slang, dated) 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.

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Other Word Forms of Shave

Noun

Singular:
shave
Plural:
shaves

Origin of Shave

  • From Middle English shaven, schaven, from Old English scafan (“to shave, scrape, shred, polish"), from Proto-Germanic *skabanÄ… (“to scratch"), from Proto-Indo-European *skÀbÊ°-, *skabÊ°- (“to cut, split, form, carve"). Cognate with West Frisian skave, Dutch schaven (“to shave, plane"), German schaben (“to scrape, shave"), Danish skave, Swedish skava (“to scrape, chafe"), Icelandic skafa.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English shaven to scrape from Old English sceafan

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old English sceafa

    From Wiktionary

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