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verb
1.
a past participle of shave.
adjective
2.
closely trimmed.
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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, especially the beard) close to the skin with a razor (often followed 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.
EXPANDto 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.
COLLAPSEto reduce or deduct from: The store shaved the price of winter suits in the spring.
Origin:
before 900; (v.) Middle English schaven, schafen, Old English sc(e)afan; cognate with Dutch schaven to plane (a plank), abrade (the skin), Low German schaven, German schaben, Old Norse skafa to scrape, Gothic skaban to shear, shave; (noun) Middle English schave tool for shaving, Old English sc(e)afa, derivative of the v.
before 900; (v.) Middle English schaven, schafen, Old English sc(e)afan; cognate with Dutch schaven to plane (a plank), abrade (the skin), Low German schaven, German schaben, Old Norse skafa to scrape, Gothic skaban to shear, shave; (noun) Middle English schave tool for shaving, Old English sc(e)afa, derivative of the v.
Related forms
shav·a·ble, shave·a·ble, adjective
re·shave, verb -shaved, -shav·ing.
un·shav·a·ble, adjective
un·shave·a·ble, adjective
un·shaved, adjective
EXPANDwell-shaved, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
7. brush, glance, touch.
7. brush, glance, touch.
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Word Origin & History
shave
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
EXPAND"a slight, grazing touch."
COLLAPSE
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