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Dictionary: shave   (shāv) pronunciation

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

v.tr.
    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.
  1. To crop, trim, or mow closely: shave a meadow.
    1. To remove thin slices from: shave a board.
    2. To cut or scrape into thin slices; shred: shave chocolate.
  2. To come close to or graze in passing. See synonyms at brush1.
  3. To limit the number of (points) scored by one's own team in an athletic contest by point-shaving.
    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.]


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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.

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The noun has one meaning:

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


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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