shave

shave  (shv)

v. shaved, shaved or shav·en (shvn), shav·ing, shaves

v.tr.

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. To cut or scrape into thin slices; shred: shave chocolate.

4. To come close to or graze in passing. See Synonyms at brush¹.

5. To limit the number of (points) scored by one's own team in an athletic contest by point-shaving.

6.

a. To purchase (a note) at a reduction greater than the legal or customary rate.

b. To cut (a price) by a slight margin.

v.intr.

To remove the beard or other body hair with a razor or shaver.

n.

1. The act, process, or result of shaving.

2. A thin slice or scraping; a shaving.

3. Any of various tools used for shaving.

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[Middle English shaven, to scrape, from Old English sceafan.]

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shave [ʃeɪv]

vb shaves, shaving, shaved ; shaved, shaven (mainly tr)

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) (also intr) to remove (the beard, hair, etc.) from (the face, head, or body) by scraping the skin with a razor

2. to cut or trim very closely

3. to reduce to shavings

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to remove thin slices from (wood, etc.) with a sharp cutting tool; plane or pare

5. to touch or graze in passing

6. (Business / Commerce) Informal to reduce (a price) by a slight amount

7. (Business / Commerce) US commerce to purchase (a commercial paper) at a greater rate of discount than is customary or legal

n

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) the act or an instance of shaving

2. (Engineering / Tools) any tool for scraping

3. a thin slice or shaving

4. an instance of barely touching something

close shave Informal a narrow escape

[Old English sceafan; related to Old Norse skafa, Gothic skaban to shave, Latin scabere to scrape]

shavable , shaveable adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shave - the act of removing hair with a razor shaving depilation, epilation - the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin) tonsure - shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order
Verb	1.	shave - remove body hair with a razor razor - shave with a razor tonsure - shave the head of a newly inducted monk neaten, groom - care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed"
	2.	shave - cut closely; "trim my beard"         trim cut - shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair" fleece, shear - shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
	3.	shave - cut the price of knock off cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" mark down - reduce the price of
	4.	shave - cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" plane cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	5.	shave - make shavings of or reduce to shavings; "shave the radish" cut up, carve - cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham"
	6.	shave - touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing" crease, graze, rake - scrape gently; "graze the skin" skive - remove the surface of; "skive leather"

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shave

verb

1. trim, cut, crop, barber, snip It's a pity you shaved your moustache off.

2. scrape, plane, trim, shear, whittle, pare I set the log on the ground and shaved off the bark.

3. reduce, lower, slash, decrease, discount, cut down, mark down Supermarket chains have shaved prices.

4. cut, take, remove, lop She's already shaved four seconds off the national record.

5. brush past, touch, graze, kiss, glance off The ball shaved the goalpost.

close shave lucky escape, close call, narrow escape I can't quite believe the close shaves I've had recently.

Translations

shave [ʃeɪv] (shaved (vb: pt) (shaved) (shaven (pp)))

A. N to have a shave → afeitarse, rasurarse(esp LAm)
to have a close or narrow shave (fig) → salvarse de milagro or por los pelos
that was a close shave! → ¡qué poco le ha faltado!, ¡(ha sido)por los pelos!

B. VT [+ person, face] → afeitar, rasurar(esp LAm); [+ wood] → cepillar (fig) (= skim, graze) → pasar rozando
to shave (off) one's beard → afeitarse la barba
to shave one's legs → afeitarse las piernas

C. VI [person] → afeitarse, rasurarse(esp LAm)

shave off VT + ADV to shave off one's beard → afeitarse la barba

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shave [ˈʃeɪv]

vt

[+ person] → raser
to shave one's legs → se raser les jambes
to get shaved → se raser

(= plane) [+ wood] → raboter

[+ prices, profits] → réduire

vi → se raser

n

(lit) to have a shave → se raser
to give sb a shave → raser qn

(fig) to have a close shave → l'échapper belle
That was a close shave! → On l'a échappé belle!

shave off

vt sep

[+ beard, hair] → raser

(= plane) [+ wood] → raboter

(= cut) to shave a few seconds off the record → battre le record de quelques secondes

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shave vb: pret <shaved>, ptp <shaved or shaven>

n → Rasur f; to have a shave → sich rasieren; (at a barber’s) → sich rasieren lassen; this new razor gives you a good shave → dieser neue Rasierapparat rasiert gut; a close shave (lit) → eine glatte Rasur; to have a close shave (fig) → gerade noch davonkommen, mit knapper Not davonkommen, gerade noch Glück haben; that was a close shave → das war knapp

vt face, legs → rasieren; leather → (ab)falzen; wood → hobeln; (= graze) → streifen

vi (person) → sich rasieren; (razor) → rasieren, schneiden

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shave [ʃeɪv]

1. n to have a shave → farsi la barba
to have a close shave (fig) → cavarsela per un pelo

2. vt (person, legs, head) → radere, rasare; (wood) → piallare (fig) (graze) → sfiorare, rasentare
to shave off one's beard → tagliarsi la barba

3. vi (person) → farsi la barba, radersi, sbarbarsi

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shave

v shave [ʃeiv]

1 to cut away (hair) from (usually oneself) with a razor He only shaves once a week. skeer يَحْلِق обръснвам (се) (o)holit (se) barbere sig rasieren ξυρίζω, ξυρίζομαι afeitarse raseerima اصلاح كردن صورت ajaa partansa (se) raser לְגַלֵח मूंड़ना brijati, obrijati borotválkozik mencukur raka (sig) radersi, farsi la barba そる 면도하다 skusti(s) skūties; skūt bercukur (zich) scheren barbere (seg) golić się fazer a barba a (se) rade брить(ся) (o)holiť (sa) briti (se) brijati raka [] โกน tıraş olmak/etmek 刮鬍 голитися مونڈنا، استرا پھیرنا cạo( râu, mặt, đầu) 刮脸

2 (sometimes withoff) to scrape or cut away (the surface of wood etc) The joiner shaved a thin strip off the edge of the door. skuur يَقشُط، يَقْشِر режа (o)hoblovat høvle; file abschaben ξύνω, κόβω (συν. την επιφάνεια ξύλου) cepillar lõikama, hööveldama لايه لايه تراشيدن höylätä, vuolla raboter “לְגַלֵח” छीलना blanjati levág menyerut skafa piallare けずる 표면을 깎다 nudrožti ēvelēt; drāzt membuang schaven høvle, skave strugać aparar a da la rindea строгать (o)hobľovať stružiti sastrugati skrapa, hyvla โกนออก rendelemek, yontmak 刨掉 стругати; тесати باریک پرت اتارنا bào 刨去

3 to touch lightly in passing The car shaved the wall. liggies raak يَلْمِس، يَحْتَك بِ докосвам леко dotknout se skrabe streifen περνώ ξυστά pasar rozando riivama از كنار چيزي رد شدن و به آن نخوردن hipoa raser “לְשַפְשֵף” छू जाना šmugnuti tik uza, za dlaku promašiti súrol menyerempet strjúkast við rasentare すれすれに通る 스치다 brūkštelėti aizķert; nobrāzt menggesel schampen sneie, skrape, stryke ocierać się o raspar a şterge зацепить zavadiť oplaziti očešati snudda, tuscha ขูด sürtünmek, sıyırmak 擦過 злегка зачепити ہلکے سے چھو جانا sượt, chạm 擦过

n

(the result of) an act of shaving. skeer حِلاقَه، كَشْط، قَشْر бръснене oholení barbering die Rasur ξύρισμα afeitado habeme-ajamine اصلاح parranajo rasage גִילוּח मुंडन brijanje borotvál(koz)ás cukuran rakstur rasatura そること 면도, 깎기 skutimas(is) skūšana; skūšanās bercukur het scheren barbering golenie, otarcie się apara ras бритьё holenie britje brijanje rakning การโกน tıraş (olma) 刮鬍 гоління مونڈنے کا عمل sự cạo 刮脸

adj shaven

shaved He was dark and clean- shaven. geskeer حَليق الذَّقْن обръснат oholený barberet; -barberet rasiert (φρεσκο)ξυρισμένος afeitado raseeritud اصلاح شده ajeltu rasé מְגוּלָח मुंडा हुआ obrijan borotvált gundul rakaður rasato, sbarbato ひげをそった 면도한, 깎은 nusiskutęs noskuvies bercukur rapi geschoren (glatt)barbert ogolony barbeado bărbierit (вы)бритый oholený obrit obrijan rakad ที่โกนหนวดเคราออก tıraş olmuş 刮了鬍子的 голений مونڈا ہوا đã được cạo 刮过脸的

n pl shavings

very thin strips especially of wood The glasses were packed in wood shavings. saagsels قُشارَه، نُحاتَه، بُرايَه талаш hobliny (høvl-)spåner der Span ροκανίδια συν. ξύλου (πληθ.) viruta laastud تراشه lastut copeaux שְבָבֵי עֵץ छीलन, कतरन strugotine, blanjevine forgács serutan spænir trucioli かんなずく 깎아낸 부스러기, 대팻밥 drožlės skaida[] tatal schaafsel spon wióry aparas aşchie; talaş стружка hobliny ostružki iverje spån สิ่งที่ถูกโกนออก yonga, talaş 刨片 стружка کترنیں vỏ bào 刨花

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shave → يَحْلِق oholit barbere (sig) rasieren ξυρίζομαι afeitarse ajaa parta raser brijati se rasare 剃る 면도하다 scheren barbere (seg) golić fazer a barba бриться raka (sig) โกน traş olmak cạo râu 剃须