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What (who) is Shave - definition
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Shave (disambiguation)
shave
(shaves, shaving, shaved)
1.
When a man shaves, he removes the hair from his face using a razor or shaver so that his face is smooth.
He took a bath and shaved before dinner...
He had shaved his face until it was smooth...
It's a pity you shaved your moustache off.
VERB: V, V n, V n with off
•
Shave is also a noun.
He never seemed to need a shave.
N-COUNT
• shaving
...a range of shaving products.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If someone shaves a part of their body, they remove the hair from it so that it is smooth.
Many women shave their legs...
If you have long curly hair, don't shave it off.
VERB: V n, V n with off
3.
If you shave someone, you remove the hair from their face or another part of their body so that it is smooth.
The doctors shaved his head...
She had to call a barber to shave him.
VERB: V n, V n
4.
If you shave off part of a piece of wood or other material, you cut very thin pieces from it.
I set the log on the ground and shaved off the bark...
She was shaving thin slices off a courgette.
VERB: V n with off, V n off n
5.
If you shave a small amount off something such as a record, cost, or price, you reduce it by that amount.
She's already shaved four seconds off the national record for the mile...
Supermarket chains have shaved prices.
VERB: V n off/from n, V n
6.
see also shaving
7.
If you describe a situation as a close shave, you mean that there was nearly an accident or a disaster but it was avoided.
I can't quite believe the close shaves I've had just recently.
PHRASE: N inflects
shave
¦ verb
1. cut the hair off one's face with a razor.
cut the hair off (a person or part of the body) with a razor.
2. cut (a thin slice or slices) off something.
3. reduce by a small amount.
4. pass or send something very close to.
¦ noun
1. an act of shaving.
2. a tool for shaving very thin slices or layers from wood.
Origin
OE sc(e)afan, of Gmc origin.
shave
v. a.
1.
Cut off (close to the surface).
2.
Make smooth or bare (as by cutting off hair closely), to pare close.
3.
Slice, cut in thin slices.
4.
Strip, fleece, pillage, shear, oppress (by extortion).
5.
Graze, skim, touch lightly (in passing over).
Wikipedia
Shave
Shave may refer to:
- to shave refers to the act of shaving
- Shave (surname)
- Shave (magazine), a periodical magazine
- "Shave", a song by Enon from their 2003 album Hocus Pocus
- Severe Hazards Analysis and Verification Experiment, a database of storm impact based on telephone surveys
Examples of use of Shave
1. Malia and Sasha later ate shave ice at Kokonuts Shave Ice and Snacks while their dad downed a tuna melt.
2. Later, Malia and Sasha ate shave ice at Kokonuts Shave Ice and Snacks while their dad downed a tuna melt.
3. He has vowed he won‘t shave again when he retires.
4. Karadzic asked for and got a shave and a haircut.
5. "There were two times she wanted to shave her head.