'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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abbreviate,
- abrade,
- abridge,
- abscind,
- abstract,
- amputate,
- annihilate,
- ban,
- bar,
- bate,
- beat,
- beat down,
- beguile of,
- bilk,
- bob,
- boil down,
- borrow,
- break,
- brush,
- brush by,
- bunco,
- burn,
- capsulize,
- caress,
- cheapen,
- cheat,
- chisel,
- chouse,
- chouse out of,
- clip,
- close shave,
- cog,
- cog the dice,
- come in contact,
- compress,
- con,
- condense,
- contact,
- contract,
- cozen,
- crib,
- crop,
- cull,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off,
- cut off short,
- cut out,
- cut prices,
- cut short,
- dab,
- decline,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deflate,
- defraud,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- detract,
- devaluate,
- diddle,
- diminish,
- discount,
- discount notes,
- disparage,
- dive,
- do in,
- do out of,
- dock,
- drag,
- drain,
- dress,
- dub,
- eat away,
- elide,
- eliminate,
- enucleate,
- epitomize,
- equalize,
- eradicate,
- erode,
- euchre,
- even,
- except,
- excise,
- exclude,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- extract,
- fall,
- fall in price,
- file away,
- finagle,
- flam,
- flatten,
- fleece,
- flimflam,
- fob,
- foreshorten,
- fudge,
- give way,
- glance,
- gouge,
- grade,
- graze,
- grease,
- gull,
- gyp,
- harrow,
- have,
- hit,
- hocus,
- hocus-pocus,
- impair,
- impinge,
- isolate,
- jew down,
- kiss,
- knock off,
- lay,
- leach,
- lend,
- lessen,
- level,
- lop,
- lower,
- lubricate,
- mark down,
- mow,
- mulct,
- mutilate,
- narrow escape,
- narrow squeak,
- nip,
- nose-dive,
- nudge,
- oil,
- osculate,
- pack the deal,
- pare,
- peel,
- pick out,
- pigeon,
- plane,
- planish,
- plaster,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- poll,
- pollard,
- practice fraud upon,
- prune,
- purify,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- reduce,
- refine,
- remove,
- retrench,
- rook,
- root out,
- rub,
- rub away,
- rule out,
- sag,
- scam,
- scrape,
- screw,
- sell gold bricks,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shear,
- shingle,
- shortchange,
- shorten,
- shred,
- sideswipe,
- skim,
- skirt,
- skive,
- slash,
- slump,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth out,
- snub,
- squeak by,
- stack the cards,
- stamp out,
- stick,
- sting,
- strike off,
- strip,
- strip off,
- stunt,
- subduct,
- subtract,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- swindle,
- synopsize,
- take a dive,
- take away,
- take from,
- take in,
- take off,
- take out,
- telescope,
- thimblerig,
- thin,
- thin out,
- throw a fight,
- touch,
- trim,
- truncate,
- victimize,
- wear away,
- weed,
- whittle,
- wipe out,
- withdraw