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shave

  [sheyv] verb, shaved, shaved or (especially in combination) shav⋅en, shav⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
–verb (used with object)
2. to remove hair from (the face, legs, etc.) by cutting it off close to the skin with a razor.
3. to cut off (hair, esp. the beard) close to the skin with a razor (often fol. by off or away).
4. to cut or scrape away the surface of with a sharp-edged tool: to shave hides in preparing leather.
5. to reduce to shavings or thin slices: to shave wood.
6. to cut or trim closely: to shave a lawn.
7. to scrape, graze, or come very near to: The car just shaved the garage door.
8. Commerce. to purchase (a note) at a rate of discount greater than is legal or customary.
9. to reduce or deduct from: The store shaved the price of winter suits in the spring.
–noun
10. the act, process, or an instance of shaving or being shaved.
11. a thin slice; shaving.
12. any of various tools for shaving, scraping, removing thin slices, etc.
Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME schaven, schafen, OE sc(e)afan; c. D schaven to plane (a plank), abrade (the skin), LG schaven, G schaben, ON skafa to scrape, Goth skaban to shear, shave; (n.) ME schave tool for shaving, OE sc(e)afa, deriv. of the v.

Related forms:
shav⋅a⋅ble, shave⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
7. brush, glance, touch.
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shave   (shāv)   
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.

    3. To remove thin slices from: shave a board.

    4. To cut or scrape into thin slices; shred: shave chocolate.

    5. To purchase (a note) at a reduction greater than the legal or customary rate.

    6. To cut (a price) by a slight margin.

  2. 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.

    3. To purchase (a note) at a reduction greater than the legal or customary rate.

    4. To cut (a price) by a slight margin.

  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.

    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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
shave

  1. tv.
    to reduce or lessen something. : The coach thought that the other team was shaving points, so he complained the next day.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

shave  (v.)
O.E. sceafan "to scrape, shave, polish," from P.Gmc. *skabanan (cf. O.N. skafa, M.Du. scaven, Ger. schaben, Goth. skaban), from PIE *skabh-, collateral form of base *(s)kep- "to cut, to scrape, to hack" (cf. Gk. skaptein "to dig," L. scabere "to scratch, scrape;" see shear). Original strong verb status is preserved in past tense form shaven. Specifically in ref. to cutting the hair close from c.1250. Fig. sense of "to strip (someone) of money or possessions" is attested from c.1399.

shave  (n.)
1604, "something shaved off;" from shave (v.); O.E. sceafa meant "tool for shaving." Meaning "a grazing touch" is recorded from 1834. Shaver "one who shaves" is recorded from c.1425; sense of "fellow, chap" is slang from 1592; phrase a close shave is from 1856, on notion of "a slight, grazing touch."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

shave

see close call (shave).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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