To remove (the hair or beard) by means of some sharp instrument (also with off, away); to shave (the head or face); to cut (the hair) close or…

To remove the hair from (the head, crown, etc.) with a razor. Also (now rarely) with the person as object (= to shave the head of).

To shave. Obsolete.

transitive. To shave (a person, a part of the body, etc.). Obsolete.

intransitive. To make a face, to grimace. Frequently in collocation with mock, mop (cf. mock, v. 3c, mop, v.2, and mow, n.2 1b).

Used jocularly for: To shave.

transitive. To shave or cut with a razor; to cut out; also figurative and in extended use.

transitive. To clip or shave the hair of; to confer the ecclesiastical tonsure upon.

transitive. To clear (land) of stubble. Also to remove stubble from (one's face).