shave

v., shaved, shaved, or shav·en (shā'vən), shav·ing, shaves.

v.tr.

1. 1. To remove the beard or other body hair from, with a razor or shaver: The barber lathered his face and then shaved him.
   2. 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. 1. To remove thin slices from: shave a board.
   2. 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. 1. To purchase (a note) at a reduction greater than the legal or customary rate.
   2. 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.

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

verb

1. To make light and momentary contact with, as in passing: brush¹, flick, graze, kiss, skim. See touch/not touch.
2. To make a slight reduction in (a price): shade, trim. See increase/decrease.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the act of removing hair with a razor
  Synonym: shaving

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The verb shave has 6 meanings:

Meaning #1: remove body hair with a razor

Meaning #2: cut closely
  Synonym: trim

Meaning #3: cut the price of
  Synonym: knock off

Meaning #4: cut slices from
  Synonym: plane

Meaning #5: make shavings of or reduce to shavings

Meaning #6: touch the surface of lightly

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - skrabe, høvle, barbere, strejfe, nedsætte
v. intr. - barbere sig
n. - barbering, spån, flis, spånkniv

Nederlands (Dutch)
scheren, zich scheren

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit) raser, raboter (du bois), (fig) réduire (un prix)
v. intr. - se raser
n. - rasage

Deutsch (German)
v. - streifen, (sich) rasieren, schaben
n. - Rasur, dünne Scheibe, Schaber

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξυρίζω/-ομαι, περικόπτω, περνώ ξυστά, μειώνω
n. - ξύρισμα, λεπτή φέτα, ξύσμα, ξυστό χτύπημα

idioms:

• close shave    κόντρα ξύρισμα, (καθομ.) σκαπουλάρισμα, παρ' ολίγον δυστύχημα

Italiano (Italian)
radersi, radere

idioms:

• close/narrow shave    cavarsela per un pelo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - barbear, aplanar, rasar
n. - barba (f), engano (m)

idioms:

• close/narrow shave    escapar por um triz

Русский (Russian)
брить, бриться, срезать, скоблить, подрезать, зацепить, бритье, электробритва

idioms:

• close/narrow shave    едва избегнутая опасность

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - pasar rasando, rozar, afeitar, sacar de raíz, acepillar, desollar, desplumar, cobrar un descuento abusivo
v. intr. - afeitarse, rasurarse, ser duro en un trato, estafar, cobrar un descuento abusivo
n. - afeitado, rasura, rebanada fina, viruta, cuento, engaño, descuento abusivo, acción de pasar rozando

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - raka sig, raka, bli rakad, snudda vid, skrapa, skava, sätta ner (priser)
n. - rakning, snudd, bandkniv

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
剃去...上的毛发, 刮, 修剪, 修面, 刮脸, 拼命讨价还价, 挤过, 勉强通过, 剃刀, 刮胡刀, 刨刀, 擦, 掠

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 剃去...上的毛髮, 刮, 修剪
v. intr. - 修面, 刮臉, 拼命討價還價, 擠過, 勉強通過
n. - 剃刀, 刮鬍刀, 修面, 刮臉, 刨刀, 擦, 掠

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 면도하다, 대패질하다, ~의 값을 깎다
v. intr. - 수염을 깎다, (면도칼이) 잘 들다, 스치며 지나가다
n. - 면도, 간신히 모면하기, (어음 따위의) 고율 할인

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 剃る, ひげをそる, 薄く削り取る, …にかんなをかける, かすって通る, 短く刈り込む
n. - そること, ひげそり

idioms:

• close/narrow shave    間一髪の危機脱出

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقلل, يكشط, يحلق (الاسم) كشط, ماكنه حلاقه كهربائيه, حلاقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮גילח, הקציע, שפשף, הפחית במקצת, סילק כמות קטנה‬
v. intr. - ‮התגלח, חלף קרוב ל-, עבר קרוב מבלי לגעת‬
n. - ‮גילוח, תגלחת‬

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shave	philips shave
after shave	shave kit