shave

Plural: shaves

Noun

• the act of removing hair with a razor
• An instance of shaving.
• A thin slice; a shaving.
• An exorbitant discount on a note.
• 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.
• A hand tool, mainly for woodworking, consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end.
• A narrow miss or escape; a close shave.

Verb

Verb Forms: shaved, shaven, shaving, shaves

• To remove hair from the skin, or reduce slightly.
• remove body hair with a razor
• cut closely
• cut the price of
• cut or remove with or as if with a plane
  • "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
• make shavings of or reduce to shavings
  • "shave the radish"
• touch the surface of lightly
  • "His back shaved the counter in passing"
• To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
• To cut anything in this fashion.
• To remove hair from one's face by this means.
• To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
• To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
• To reduce in size, weight, time taken etc., usually by a small amount.
• To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
• To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows.
• To injure by employing a knife.

Examples

• He had to shave off a letter from his word to make it fit on the Scrabble board.
• I had little time to shave this morning.
• I instructed the barber to give me a shave.

Synonyms

knock off, plane, shaving, trim, chef, ching, jook, juice, shank, shiv, stab

Related Words

SHAVABLE

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