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The verb has a past form and past participle shaved, but the adjectival form is normally shaven, as in clean-shaven.

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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.

sign description: The thumb of the Y-hand scrapes along the chin.

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For a list of words related to shave, see:

• Banking and Financial Services - shave: (vb) purchase a note at rate discounted to illegal level

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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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