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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024shav•en /ˈʃeɪvən/USA pronunciation adj. - (used with some other adjective or adverb before it) having been shaved in the manner mentioned:a clean-shaven face (= a face that has been shaved clean with no hair remaining on it).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shav•en (shā′vən),USA pronunciation v. - a pp. of shave.
adj. - closely trimmed.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shaven /ˈʃeɪvən/ adj - closely shaved or tonsured
- (in combination): clean-shaven
shave /ʃeɪv/USA pronunciation v., shaved, shaved or (esp. in combination) shav•en, shav•ing, n. v. - to remove (hair, etc.) from (the face, etc.) by cutting it off close to the skin with a razor: [~ + object]He shaved his face.[no object]You forgot to shave yesterday.
- [~ + object]to scrape away the surface of (something) with a sharp-edged tool:to use a scraper to shave the bottom of the door.
- to scrape or come very near to:[~ + object]The car just shaved the garage door.
- [~ + object]
- to reduce or deduct (an amount) from a price or total:to shave a few dollars off the price.
- to deduct a certain amount from (a price, etc.):to shave the asking price of the house.
n. [countable] - the act or an instance of shaving or being shaved.
Idioms- Idioms close shave, [countable] a narrow escape from disaster:During their escape the prisoners had numerous close shaves.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shave (shāv),USA pronunciation v., shaved, shaved or (esp. in combination) shav•en, shav•ing, n. v.i. - to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
v.t. - to remove hair from (the face, legs, etc.) by cutting it off close to the skin with a razor.
- to cut off (hair, esp. the beard) close to the skin with a razor (often fol. by off or away).
- to cut or scrape away the surface of with a sharp-edged tool:to shave hides in preparing leather.
- to reduce to shavings or thin slices:to shave wood.
- to cut or trim closely:to shave a lawn.
- to scrape, graze, or come very near to:The car just shaved the garage door.
- Business[Com.]to purchase (a note) at a rate of discount greater than is legal or customary.
- to reduce or deduct from:The store shaved the price of winter suits in the spring.
n. - the act, process, or an instance of shaving or being shaved.
- a thin slice;
shaving. - any of various tools for shaving, scraping, removing thin slices, etc.
- bef. 900; (verb, verbal) Middle English schaven, schafen, Old English sc(e)afan; cognate with Dutch schaven to plane (a plank), abrade (the skin), Low German schaven, German schaben, Old Norse skafa to scrape, Gothic skaban to shear, shave; (noun, nominal) Middle English schave tool for shaving, Old English sc(e)afa, derivative of the verb, verbal
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged brush, glance, touch.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shave /ʃeɪv/ vb (shaves, shaving, shaved, shaved, shaven)(mainly tr)- (also intr) to remove (the beard, hair, etc) from (the face, head, or body) by scraping the skin with a razor
- to cut or trim very closely
- to reduce to shavings
- to remove thin slices from (wood, etc) with a sharp cutting tool; plane or pare
- to touch or graze in passing
- informal to reduce (a price) by a slight amount
n - the act or an instance of shaving
- any tool for scraping
- a thin slice or shaving
Etymology: Old English sceafan; related to Old Norse skafa, Gothic skaban to shave, Latin scabere to scrapeˈshavable, ˈshaveable adj |