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Learn to pronounce shave

/SHāv/
verb
  1. cut the hair off one's face with a razor.
    "he washed, shaved, and had breakfast"
    synonyms: cut off, snip off, crop, trim, barber, tonsure
  2. cut (a thin slice or slices) from the surface of something.
    "scrape a large sharp knife across the surface, shaving off rolls of very fine chocolate"
    synonyms: plane off, pare off, shear off, whittle off, scrape off, grate, shred
  3. pass or send something close to (something else), missing it narrowly.
    "Scott shaved the post in the 29th minute"
    synonyms: touch lightly, brush, brush against, graze, glance off, kiss

noun
an act of shaving hair from the face or a part of the body.
"you need a shave"

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May 12, 2024 · 1 · to remove a thin layer from · to cut off in thin layers or shreds : slice ; 2 · to sever the hair from (the head or another part of the body) ...
in sports, to intentionally score fewer points than possible in order to dishonestly or illegally affect the margin of victory in a game:.
to cut or scrape away the surface of with a sharp-edged tool: to shave hides in preparing leather.
12 senses: 1. to remove (the beard, hair, etc) from (the face, head, or body) by scraping the skin with a razor 2. to cut or.... Click for more definitions.
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/ʃeɪv/ · verb. remove body hair with a razor. see moresee less · verb. cut closely. synonyms: trim · verb. cut or remove with or as if with a plane · verb. make ...
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6 days ago · The meaning of SHAVING is the act of one that shaves. How to use shaving in a sentence.
SHAVE meaning: 1 : to cut the hair, wool, etc., off (someone or something) very close to the skin; 2 : to cut off (hair, wool, a beard, etc.)
To cut off (hair, esp. the beard) at the surface of the skin. Webster's New World.
Shaving is the removal of hair, by using a razor or any other kind of bladed implement, to slice it down—to the level of the skin or otherwise.
[intransitive, transitive] to cut hair from the skin, especially the face, using a razor. Mike cut himself shaving. shave somebody/something/yourself The ...
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