SHAVE
\ʃˈe͡ɪv], \ʃˈeɪv], \ʃ_ˈeɪ_v]\
Definitions of SHAVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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cut the price of
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touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"
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make shavings of or reduce to shavings; "shave the radish"
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cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
By Princeton University
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cut the price of
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touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"
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make shavings of or reduce to shavings; "shave the radish"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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obs. p. p. of Shave.
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To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.
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To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself.
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To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
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To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
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To strip; to plunder; to fleece.
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A thin slice; a shaving.
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A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.
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An exorbitant discount on a note.
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A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.
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A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.
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The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave.
By Oddity Software
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obs. p. p. of Shave.
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To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.
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To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself.
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To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
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To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
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To strip; to plunder; to fleece.
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A thin slice; a shaving.
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A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.
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An exorbitant discount on a note.
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A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.
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A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.
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The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave.
By Noah Webster.
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To cut or pare, as with a razor; to remove, as hair from the face or head, with a razor; to remove the hair from; cut in thin slices; skim along the surface of.
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To use the razor to remove hair; to practice cheating or to drive a hard bargain.
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A thin slice; the operation of removing hair with a razor; an instrument for shaving hoops, etc.; colloquially, a narrow escape; as, a close shave.
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Shaved.
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Shaved or shave.
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Shaving.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To cut off the hair with a razor: to pare closely: to make smooth by paring: to cut in thin slices: to skim along the surface: to strip:-pa.p. shaved or shaven.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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