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21shave — {{11}}shave (n.) c.1600, something shaved off; from SHAVE (Cf. shave) (v.); O.E. sceafa meant tool for shaving. Meaning a grazing touch is recorded from 1834. Shaver one who shaves is recorded from early 15c.; sense of fellow, chap is slang from… …
22shave — [[t]ʃeɪv[/t]] v. shaved, shaved (esp. in combination)shav•en, shav•ing, 1) to remove a growth of hair or beard with a razor 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.… …
23shave — Synonyms and related words: abate, abbreviate, abrade, abridge, abscind, abstract, amputate, annihilate, ban, bar, bate, beat, beat down, beguile of, bilk, bob, boil down, borrow, break, brush, brush by, bunco, burn, capsulize, caress, cheapen,… …
24shave — I. verb (shaved; shaved or shaven; shaving) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scafan; akin to Lithuanian skobti to pluck, Latin scabere to scratch, and perhaps to Greek koptein to cut more at capon Date: before 12th century transitive… …
25shave — verb 1》 cut the hair off one s face with a razor. ↘cut the hair off (a person or part of the body) with a razor. 2》 cut (a thin slice or slices) off something. 3》 reduce by a small amount. 4》 pass or send something very close to. noun 1》 an… …
26shave — v 1. poll, cut off, shear, fleece, remove, retrench; cut away, scrape away, scale, peel, pare, whittle, cut or trim down to size; mow, trim, snip off, clip, crop, lop off, dock, prune, cut back. 2. scrape, graze, brush, touch, rub. n 3. shaving,… …
27shave — v. a. 1. Cut off (close to the surface). 2. Make smooth or bare (as by cutting off hair closely), to pare close. 3. Slice, cut in thin slices. 4. Strip, fleece, pillage, shear, oppress (by extortion). 5. Graze, skim, touch lightly (in passing… …
28ˌshave sth ˈoff — phrasal verb to remove hair from a part of your body You ve shaved off your beard.[/ex] …
29shave oneself — cut off one s hair at the surface of the skin …
30drawing shave — Drawing knife Draw ing knife , Drawknife Draw knife , n. 1. A woodworker s and joiner s tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; called also {drawshave}, and {drawing shave}.… …
