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Shave

ʃeɪv

Shave definitions
verb
shave shaved shaves shaving
  1. (of a man) cut the hair off the face with a razor

    "he washed, shaved, and had breakfast"

    cut off snip off
    • cut the hair off (a part of the body) with a razor

      "she shaved her legs"

    • cut the hair off the face or another part of the body of (someone) with a razor

      "the barber shaves customers with a traditional cut-throat razor"

    • cut (hair) off with a razor

      "professional male swimmers shave off their body hair"

  2. cut (a thin slice or slices) from the surface of something

    "scrape a large sharp knife across the surface, shaving off rolls of very fine chocolate"

    plane off pare off shear off whittle off scrape off grate shred
    • take (a small amount) from something

      "she shaved 0.5 seconds off the British junior record"

    • reduce by a small amount

      "they shaved profit margins"

  3. pass or send something close to (something else), missing it narrowly

    "Scott shaved the post in the 29th minute"

    touch lightly brush brush against graze glance off kiss
noun
shave shaves
  1. an act of shaving hair from the face or a part of the body

    "you need a shave"