shave
pronunciation
How to pronounce shave in British English:
UK [ʃeɪv]
How to pronounce shave in American English:
US [ʃeɪv]
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- Noun:
- the act of removing hair with a razor
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- Verb:
- remove body hair with a razor
- cut closely
- cut the price of
- cut or remove with or as if with a plane
- make shavings of or reduce to shavings
- touch the surface of lightly
Word Origin
- shave
- shave: see scab
- shave (v.)
- 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 (n.)
- 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."
Example
- 1. Shave in the direction the hair grows , not against it .
- 2. No pills or special creams , just shave your pubic hair .
- 3. There certainly isn 't any health reason to shave it off .
- 4. O if your face is clean shaven , shave regularly .
- 5. Any future regulations or legislation that might shave profit margins further could deter new entrants or force smaller lenders out of the business .