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- [sheyv]
- /ʃeɪv/
- /ʃeɪv/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sheyv]
- /ʃeɪv/
Definitions of shave word
- verb without object shave to remove a growth of beard with a razor. 1
- verb with object shave to remove hair from (the face, legs, etc.) by cutting it off close to the skin with a razor. 1
- verb with object shave to cut off (hair, especially the beard) close to the skin with a razor (often followed by off or away). 1
- verb with object shave to cut or scrape away the surface of with a sharp-edged tool: to shave hides in preparing leather. 1
- verb with object shave to reduce to shavings or thin slices: to shave wood. 1
- verb with object shave to cut or trim closely: to shave a lawn. 1
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Origin of shave
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) 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) Middle English schave tool for shaving, Old English sc(e)afa, derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Shave
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shave popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shave usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shave
verb shave
- adulterate — If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- bant — string
- banted — to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- banting — slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat
noun shave
- cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- kerf — a cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.
- rabbet — a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
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