'Shave' definitions:

Definition of 'shave'

(from WordNet)
noun
The act of removing hair with a razor [syn: shave, shaving]
verb
Remove body hair with a razor
verb
Cut closely; "trim my beard" [syn: shave, trim]
verb
Cut the price of [syn: shave, knock off]
verb
Cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" [syn: plane, shave]
verb
Make shavings of or reduce to shavings; "shave the radish"
verb
Touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"

Definition of 'Shave'

From: GCIDE
  • Shave \Shave\ (sh[=a]v), obs. p. p. of Shave. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • His beard was shave as nigh as ever he can. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shave'

From: GCIDE
  • Shave \Shave\, v. t. [imp. Shaved (sh[=a]vd);p. p. Shaved or Shaven (sh[=a]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaving.] [OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D. schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth. scaban, Russ. kopate to dig, Gr. ska`ptein, and probably to L. scabere to scratch, to scrape. Cf. Scab, Shaft, Shape.]
  • 1. To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll shave your crown for this. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of the waving green. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices. [1913 Webster]
  • Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing. [1913 Webster]
  • Now shaves with level wing the deep. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To strip; to plunder; to fleece. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • To shave a note, to buy it at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows. [Cant, U.S.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shave'

From: GCIDE
  • Shave \Shave\, v. i. To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shave'

From: GCIDE
  • Shave \Shave\, n. [AS. scafa, sceafa, a sort of knife. See Shave, v. t.]
  • 1. A thin slice; a shaving. --Wright. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (a) An exorbitant discount on a note. [Cant, U.S.] (b) 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. [Cant, U.S.] --N. Biddle. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • Shave grass (Bot.), the scouring rush. See the Note under Equisetum.
  • Shave hook, a tool for scraping metals, consisting of a sharp-edged triangular steel plate attached to a shank and handle. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'shave'

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