Shave Definition

shāv

shaved, shaven, shaves, shaving

verb

shaved, shaven, shaves, shaving

To cut off hair or the beard with a razor or shaver; shave oneself.

Webster's New World

To cut off (hair, esp. the beard) at the surface of the skin.

Webster's New World

To cut or scrape away a thin slice or slices from.

To shave the edge of a door.

Webster's New World

To cut or scrape into thin sections or slices.

Shaved ham.

Webster's New World

To cut short or trim (grass, etc.) closely.

Webster's New World

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noun

shaves

The act or an instance of shaving the beard.

Webster's New World

A tool used for cutting thin slices, as of wood, from a surface.

Webster's New World

Any of various tools used for shaving.

American Heritage

(US, slang, dated) An exorbitant discount on a note.

Wiktionary

(US, slang, dated) 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.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Shave

Singular:

shave

Plural:

From Middle English shaven, schaven, from Old English scafan (“to shave, scrape, shred, polish"), from Proto-Germanic *skabanÄ… (“to scratch"), from Proto-Indo-European *skÀbÊ°-, *skabÊ°- (“to cut, split, form, carve"). Cognate with West Frisian skave, Dutch schaven (“to shave, plane"), German schaben (“to scrape, shave"), Danish skave, Swedish skava (“to scrape, chafe"), Icelandic skafa.

From Wiktionary
Middle English shaven to scrape from Old English sceafan

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old English sceafa

From Wiktionary