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verb | noun shaveshave1 /ʃeɪv/ ●●● S3 verb ETYMOLOGYshave1Origin: Old English scafan VERB TABLEshave |
Present | I, you, we, they | shave | | he, she, it | shaves | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | shaved | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have shaved | | he, she, it | has shaved | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had shaved | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will shave | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have shaved |
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Present | I | am shaving | | he, she, it | is shaving | | you, we, they | are shaving | Past | I, he, she, it | was shaving | | you, we, they | were shaving | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been shaving | | he, she, it | has been shaving | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been shaving | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be shaving | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been shaving |
► shave your head/legs/armpits etc. I washed my hair and shaved my legs. 1 [intransitive, transitive] to cut off hair very close to the skin, especially from the face, using a razor: He hadn’t shaved in over a week.shave your head/legs/armpits etc. I washed my hair and shaved my legs.2[transitive] to remove very thin pieces from the surface of something using a sharp tool: Shave some fresh Parmesan cheese over the salad before serving. [Origin: Old English scafan]shave something ↔ off phrasal verb1to remove hair by shaving: Dave shaved off his mustache!2to reduce an amount or number very slightly: She shaved two seconds off her previous time in the 10,000 meters.3to remove very thin pieces from the surface of something, using a knife or other cutting tool: Fill the crack with putty and shave off any excess after it dries. verb | noun shaveshave2 noun [countable usually singular] 1an act of shaving your face: He needed a shave.2a close shave a)a situation in which you just avoid an accident or something bad: The icy weather caused a few close shaves on the road. b)a shave that cuts a man’s hair very close to his face |