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   shave

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   verb

   • 1. (of a man) cut the hair off the face with a razor: "he washed, shaved, and had breakfast" Similar cut offsnip offcroptrimbarbertonsure
   • ▪ 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" Similar plane offpare offshear offwhittle offscrape offgrateshred
   • ▪ take (a small amount) from something: "she shaved 0.5 seconds off the British junior record" Similar take offremove fromlop offcut off
   • ▪ reduce by a small amount: "they shaved profit margins" Similar reducecutbring downlessendecreasemake smallerprunepare downshrinkslim downwhittle down
   • 3. pass or send something close to (something else), missing it narrowly: "Scott shaved the post in the 29th minute" Similar touch lightlybrushbrush againstgrazeglance offkiss

   noun

   • 1. an act of shaving hair from the face or a part of the body: "you need a shave"

   Word Origin Old Englishsc(e)afan ‘scrape away the surface of (something) by paring’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaven and German schaben.

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   What does shave mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! SHAVE definition: 1. to remove hair from the body, especially a man's face, by cutting it close to the skin with a…. Learn more.

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   How do you say a man has a shave?

   • In conversation, you usually say that a man has a shave, rather than that he 'shaves'. I can't remember when I last had a shave. Shave can also be used as a transitive verb, meaning that someone removes hair from a particular part of their body using a razor. Marta had a shower and shaved her legs.

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   How is a body shaved?

   • Bodies are uniformly hair free - the results of waxing, depilatories, shaving or electrolysis, thus making the muscles even more visible. The area for surgery on the back of the animals was shaved and disinfected with ethanol. The skin was shaved and an incision measuring 1 cm long was made through the skin and body wall.

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   How do you shave a beard?

   • 1. a. To remove the beard or other body hair from, with a razor or shaver: The barber lathered his face and then shaved him. b. To cut (the beard, for example) at the surface of the skin with a razor or shaver. 2. To crop, trim, or mow closely: shave a meadow. 3. a. To remove thin slices from: shave a board. b.

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   Is shave a reflexive verb?

   • Shave is not usually a reflexive verb. You don't normally say that a man ' shaves himself '. In conversation, you usually say that a man has a shave, rather than that he 'shaves'. I can't remember when I last had a shave.

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   What does Schaven mean?

   • Middle English schaven, schafen, Old English sc ( e ) afan; cognate with Dutch schaven to plane (a plank), abrade (the skin), Low German schaven, German schaben, Old Norse skafa to scrape, Gothic skaban to shear, shave; (noun) Middle English schave tool for shaving, Old English sc ( e ) afa, derivative of the v. see close call (shave).

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   to remove hair from (the face, legs, etc.) by cutting it off close to the skin with a razor. to cut off (hair, especially the beard) close to the skin with a razor (often followed by off or away ). to cut or scrape away the surface of with a sharp-edged tool: to shave hides in preparing leather.

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   verb. cut or remove with or as if with a plane. “The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood”. synonyms: plane. see more. verb. make shavings of or reduce to shavings. “ shave the radish”. see more.

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