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  • 11shave — verb 1) he shaved his beard Syn: cut off, snip off; crop, trim, barber 2) shave off excess wood Syn: plane, pare, whittle, scrape 3) they shaved the deficit by 4 percent …

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  • 12shave — verb 1) he shaved his beard Syn: cut off, crop, trim, barber 2) shave off excess wood Syn: plane, pare, whittle, scrape …

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  • 13Shave — Shave, v. t. [imp. {Shaved} (sh[=a]vd);p. p. {Shaved} or {Shaven} (sh[=a]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaving}.] [OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D. schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth. scaban, Russ. kopate… …

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  • 14shave — [shāv] vt. shaved, shaved or shaven, shaving [ME schaven < OE sceafan, akin to Ger schaben < IE base * (s)kab , to cut > L scabere, to shave] 1. to cut or scrape away a thin slice or slices from [to shave the edge of a door] 2. to cut or …

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  • 15shave — ► VERB 1) cut the hair off one s face with a razor. 2) cut the hair off (part of the body) with a razor. 3) cut (a thin slice or slices) off something. 4) reduce by a small amount. 5) pass or send something very close to. ► NOUN 1) …

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  • 16shave — [v] cut outer covering off barber, brush, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, graze, kiss, make bare, pare, peel, plane, prune, shear, shingle, shred, skim, skin, slash, slice thin, sliver, strip, touch, trim; concepts… …

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  • 17shave — 01. He hasn t [shaved] for over a week, and he s starting to look pretty scruffy. 02. Bruny Surin [shaved] an incredible two one hundredths of a second off his previous fastest time in today s semi final. 03. I couldn t believe it when he… …

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  • 18Shave brush — The term shave brush or shaving brush refers to a small brush with a handle parallel to the bristles used to apply shaving soap or shaving cream to the face when shaving. They are often decorative; the handle is sometimes made from fine materials …

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  • 19shave — shavable, shaveable, adj. /shayv/, v., shaved, shaved or (esp. in combination) shaven, shaving, n. v.i. 1. to remove a growth of beard with a razor. v.t. 2. to remove hair from (the face, legs, etc.) by cutting it off close to the skin with a… …

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  • 20shave — [ʃeɪv] verb [I/T] I to make a part of your body smooth by cutting off the hair I cut myself while I was shaving.[/ex] shaving cream/foam[/ex] • shave sth off II noun [singular] shave [ʃeɪv] an act of making a part of your body smooth by cutting… …

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