shave
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English shaven, schaven, from Old English scafan (“to shave, scrape, shred, polish”), from Proto-Germanic *skabanan (“to scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skÀbʰ-, *skab- (“to cut, split, form, carve”). Cognate with Dutch schaven (“to shave, plane”), German schaben (“to scrape, shave”), Swedish skava (“to scrape, chafe”).
[edit] Verb
shave (third-person singular simple present shaves, present participle shaving, simple past shaved or shove (obsolete), past participle shaved or shaven)
- (transitive) To make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
- (intransitive) To do the same to one's face.
- I had little time to shave this morning.
- (transitive) To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
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to remove hair from
to remove hair from one's face
to slice thin
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[edit] Etymology 2
Old English sceafa
[edit] Noun
shave (plural shaves)
- An instance of shaving.
- I instructed the barber to give me a shave.
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an instance of shaving
