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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
shave
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shaving brush
shaving cream
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
▪ Scrape a large sharp knife across the surface, shaving off rolls of very fine chocolate.
▪ He also wants to restrict how much time inmates can shave off their sentences for good behavior or working in prison.
▪ Despite all this crafty programming, there are still a few rough edges that need to be shaved off the system.
▪ Within a few weeks he had shaved off his beard and bought his first suit and tie.
▪ He had shaved off his beard, and his face looked less thin and less serious than before.
▪ Y., suddenly agreed to shave off their hair.
▪ They shaved off my hair and sewed up my head.
▪ He had shaved off his beard again.
■ NOUN
beard
▪ He had shaved off his beard, and his face looked less thin and less serious than before.
▪ Within a few weeks he had shaved off his beard and bought his first suit and tie.
▪ He had shaved off his beard again.
▪ He remembered, just in time, not to shave - the beard was needed for the Edwardian Ball.
hair
▪ He shaves, washes his hair and borrows a modest silver stud for his ear.
▪ He touched his bandaged wound where the shaved hair had started to grow back.
▪ They shaved off my hair and sewed up my head.
▪ What he really hates is having to shave his hair and the daily boredom of having nothing to do.
▪ Y., suddenly agreed to shave off their hair.
▪ Leonard isn't orthodox, thank goodness, or I'd have to shave off all my hair.
head
▪ If found guilty, her head would be shaved and she would be required to do penance for life.
▪ He was scared to death, and his head was almost shaved like new recruits in armies the world over.
▪ His head was shaved almost bald and he was tanned.
▪ He keeps his head smooth with frequent shaving.
▪ The barber sat on the railings while his customers stood patiently in front of him to have their heads shaved.
▪ Later that week, Dominic had his head shaved.
▪ George Eliot twice had her head shaved so that her bumps could be read more accurately.
▪ Rebecca Nichol from Gloucester, 20, took the plunge and had her head shaved.
leg
▪ Polly had shaved her legs, and recently, too.
▪ It meant hating men and not shaving your legs.
▪ She shaved her legs and underarms, and shampooed her hair.
▪ The old Polly, the young Polly, would on principle never have shaved her legs.
▪ I've always shaved my legs but I've been told that shaving makes the hair grow more strongly.
▪ Sometimes I shave my legs, amazed at the majestic tedium of the activity.
▪ You know, of course, that she doesn't shave her legs?
■ VERB
cut
▪ Then came Brian, who had cut himself shaving, and was dabbing the blood on his chin.
▪ Had Maisie Gammond cut herself shaving too, he wondered?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a close shave
▪ Mike's had three car accidents, plus a few other pretty close shaves.
▪ And so we all had a close shave once a term.
▪ Had a close shave by the looks of you.
▪ He seemed pale and in need of a closer shave.
▪ I had to rinse quite often to get rid of debris, but it did give a close shave.
▪ Now the challenge is complete, he is considering a close shave, probably in the name of charity.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Shave some fresh Parmesan cheese over the salad before serving.
▪ Have you shaved today?
▪ He was filthy and hadn't shaved in over a week.
▪ I didn't have time to shave my legs.
▪ I wish he'd shave off that awful beard!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Garnish with basil sprigs and shaved cheese.
▪ He wore his best suit, a clean silk shirt and shaved extra close.
▪ I could neither wash nor shave, nor was there anything in the house to eat.
▪ If it normally takes you a quarter of an hour to shave, make it take you half an hour.
▪ It is especially important that no breaks in the skin occur during shaving as these act as routes for bacteria to enter.
▪ Polly had shaved her legs, and recently, too.
▪ You can shave truffles on these eggs or spoon caviar on them.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
close
▪ These events constitute some of Rawls's closest shaves.
▪ He seemed pale and in need of a closer shave.
▪ I had to rinse quite often to get rid of debris, but it did give a close shave.
▪ It had been a very close shave.
▪ Now the challenge is complete, he is considering a close shave, probably in the name of charity.
▪ When I was much younger I did take chances from time to time and can recall more than one close shave.
▪ And so we all had a close shave once a term.
▪ Joannides put the pressure on again in the closing Clocaenog stages, forcing the leader into a few close shaves.
■ VERB
need
▪ He wore a navy guernsey and salt-stained Levis, and he needed a shave.
▪ The fact is, he looks about 19 and needed a shave.
▪ He was not even wearing a watch and he needed a shave.
▪ One physician, for example, interrupted his schedule to give Beisser a much needed shave.
▪ His face was pitted and he needed a shave.
▪ Alsop needed a shave and was nursing a hangover.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He badly needed a shower and a shave.
▪ He went upstairs and had a quick shave.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After a shave, he felt fresh, newly born.
▪ At least he'd had a shave.
▪ First day home he would get a haircut and a shave.
▪ He had no intention of drinking the stuff, but it might do for a shave.
▪ He seemed pale and in need of a closer shave.
▪ His long hair stopped neatly at the level where it curved most attractively, but his shave was indifferent.
▪ I went down to the washroom to get a drink of water, and to have a shave.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shave

Shave \Shave\ (sh[=a]v), obs. p. p. of Shave.
--Chaucer.

His beard was shave as nigh as ever he can.
--Chaucer.

Shave

Shave \Shave\, v. t. [imp. Shaved (sh[=a]vd);p. p. Shaved or Shaven (sh[=a]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaving.] [OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D. schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth. scaban, Russ. kopate to dig, Gr. ska`ptein, and probably to L. scabere to scratch, to scrape. Cf. Scab, Shaft, Shape.]

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

    I'll shave your crown for this.
    --Shak.

    The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of the waving green.
    --Gay.

  3. To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.

    Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root.
    --Bacon.

  4. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.

    Now shaves with level wing the deep.
    --Milton.

  5. To strip; to plunder; to fleece. [Colloq.]

    To shave a note, to buy it at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows. [Cant, U.S.]

Shave

Shave \Shave\, v. i. To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat.

Shave

Shave \Shave\, n. [AS. scafa, sceafa, a sort of knife. See Shave, v. t.]

  1. A thin slice; a shaving.
    --Wright.

  2. A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.

    1. An exorbitant discount on a note. [Cant, U.S.]

    2. 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. [Cant, U.S.]
      --N. Biddle.

  4. A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.

  5. The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave. [Colloq.]

    Shave grass (Bot.), the scouring rush. See the Note under Equisetum.

    Shave hook, a tool for scraping metals, consisting of a sharp-edged triangular steel plate attached to a shank and handle.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
shave

Old English sceafan (strong verb, past tense scof, past participle scafen), "to scrape, shave, polish," from Proto-Germanic *skaban (cognates: Old Norse skafa, Middle Dutch scaven, German schaben, Gothic skaban "scratch, shave, scrape"), from PIE *skabh-, collateral form of root *(s)kep- "to cut, to scrape, to hack" (see scabies). Related: Shaved; shaving. Original strong verb status is preserved in past tense form shaven. Specifically in reference to cutting the hair close from mid-13c. Figurative sense of "to strip (someone) of money or possessions" is attested from late 14c.

shave

c.1600, "something shaved off;" from shave (v.); Old English sceafa meant "tool for shaving." Meaning "operation of shaving" is from 1838. Meaning "a grazing touch" is recorded from 1834. Phrase a close shave is from 1856, on notion of "a slight, grazing touch."

Wiktionary
shave

Etymology 1 vb. 1 (context transitive English) To make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin. 2 (context transitive English) To cut anything in this fashion. 3 (context intransitive English) To remove hair from one's face by this means. 4 (context transitive English) To cut finely, as with slices of meat. 5 To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing. 6 (context archaic transitive English) To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat. 7 (context US slang dated transitive English) To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows. Etymology 2

n. 1 An instance of shaving. 2 A thin slice; a shaving. 3 (context US slang dated English) An exorbitant discount on a note. 4 (context US slang dated English) 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. 5 A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave.

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WordNet
shave

  1. n. the act of removing hair with a razor [syn: shaving]

  2. [also: shaven]

shave

  1. v. remove body hair with a razor

  2. cut closely; "trim my beard" [syn: trim]

  3. cut the price of [syn: knock off]

  4. cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" [syn: plane]

  5. make shavings of or reduce to shavings; "shave the radish"

  6. touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"

  7. [also: shaven]

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Wikipedia
Shave

Shave may refer to:

  • to shave refers to the act of shaving
  • Shave (surname)
  • Shave (magazine), a periodical magazine
  • "Shave", a song by Enon from their 2003 album Hocus Pocus
Shave (magazine)

Shave is both a print and online men's-lifestyle magazine created by Shave Media Group. The founder is Mike Zouhri. The magazine also syndicates content through news portals, such as MSN.

Shave (surname)

Shave is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:

  • Justin Shave (born 1973), Australian composer and music producer
  • Kenneth Shave (1916–2009), Australian soldier, businessman and benefactor of the arts
  • Jon Shave (born 1967), American football player
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Usage examples of "shave".

All this gives us, antiphrastically, information on a certain ideal of daily life: to wear cuffs, to be shaved by a flunkey, to get up late.

One first thought of the woman as a girl, but appreciation of her ample breasts brought realisation that she was in fact a shaven woman.

The morning of April 30th, he showered and shaved and, after some consideration, put on his barnstorming outfit instead of his civilian go-to-Sunday-meeting clothes.

Russkie who had sat next to Catherina on the bus, was climbing over the barrera, down into the ring, a bottle of champagne in one hand, a wide, idiotic grin on his face, his shaved head bearing a sheen of sweat in the Spanish sun.

I whom fate selecteth for the shaving of Shagpat, and till now it was a beguilement, all emptiness.

They buttoned on pleated shirts, experimented with bow ties, and thought about when they were a boy and a young father and Randy had put shaving cream on his face and shaved with a bladeless razor, while his dad stood beside him and shaved with a real one.

A light scent of shaving soap and brilliantine came to the Inspector, followed by house smells of tea and a fry.

In the bathroom he carefully read the direction for using brushless shaving cream.

I carried it into the bathroom, took out a razor and a tube of brushless shaving cream, and hoped the blade would still cut whiskers.

He wore a stylish buttonless suit, his head was shaved and he wore a diamond stud in his nose.

Sometime in the last hour he had bathed and shaved and he was wearing a fresh shirt, linen this time rather than homespun or buckskin, creamy white against the tanned column of his neck.

Kethol had never paid the housecarl much attention, but he had never seen him other than freshly shaved, and Kethol assumed that he had had to do that both day and night.

A horrid memory of Mastrovin came to his mind, the face which had glowered on him in the room in the Portaway Hydropathic, the face which he had seen distorted with fury in the library of Castle Gay--the heavy shaven chin, the lowering brows, the small penetrating eyes--the face which Red Davie had described as that of a maker of revolutions.

A short time later, Rurik was standing at a low chest, splashing water onto his face from a pottery bowl, after having just shaved, when Maire came storming back into the bedchamber without knocking.

While the Gel daThae men wore their hair in braided manes, the women shaved every bit of theirs.