shave

shave Definition

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
1. to cut off (hair, esp. the beard) at the surface of the skin: often with off or away
2. to cut the hair to the surface of to shave the chin, the legs, etc.
3. 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

shave Synonyms

To remove a shaving
shear, plane, graze, slice thin, cut into thin slices, skim, pare; see also peel, skin.
To remove hair
barber, cut, use a razor, clip closely, strip, strip the hair from, tonsure, make bare.

shave Usage Examples

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

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.

shave Quotes

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.

—Larkin, Philip Arthur

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.

—White, E(lwyn) B(rooks)

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.

—Ivan IV known as Ivan theTerrible

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