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shave English

Meaning shave meaning

What does shave mean?
Definitions in simple English

shave Verb

— When you shave hair, you remove all of it with a sharp object such as a razor. After getting up in the morning, Trevor shaved off a day's growth of beard. — When you shave meat, you cut it into very thin slices. The butcher shaved a quarter pound of roast beef, which I put in a sandwich.

shave Noun

— A shave is the act of shaving (hair being removed).

shave

— verb remove body hair with a razor — verb (= trim) cut closely trim my beard — verb make shavings of or reduce to shavings shave the radish — verb touch the surface of lightly His back shaved the counter in passing — verb cut the price of — noun the act of removing hair with a razor — verb (= plane) cut or remove with or as if with a plane The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood

Synonyms shave synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as shave?

shave English » English

shaving scrape plane sharpen pare cut trim shear scratch cut hair shorten scrape off whittle reduce razor rake graze clip sweep skin shavings shave the head shave off sever separate scrabble remove pluck out peel mow lower knock off haircut get shaved dress dig delve cleave brush welch weave tweak trick touch tool around tool tonsure tidy thin thicknesser

Topics shave topics

What do people use shave to talk about?
Daily life Adornment Care for hair

Shave

  • What words refer to shaving off your hair?
    shave
Person Life Die

Mourn
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Just, almost not

Conjugation shave conjugation

How do you conjugate shave?

shave · verb

Examples shave examples

How do I use shave in a sentence?

Simple sentences

A shave, please.
Why did you shave off your beard?
Tom wanted Mary to shave her legs.
I had a close shave.
That was a close shave.
I've got to shave before leaving.
God shave the Queen!
Tomorrow, we shave for free.
I get up, wash, shower, shave, and get dressed.
I shave every morning.
I need to shave.
Tom's face feels rough because he needs to shave.
He uses an old-style razor, with shaving cream, for a closer shave.
He knows how to shave his beard.
She doesn't shave her legs.
I don't shave my legs.
I got a shave and a haircut.
Some women don't shave their legs.
I shave almost every day.
Why is it that women usually shave their legs, but men don't?
If he doesn't shave for a few days, he gets that unsightly stubble on his chin.
I'm going to go shave.

Movie subtitles

Haircut? Wet shave?
He nicks it when he's getting a shave.
Shave me.
Shave him already! Today is my birthday!
Can one shave here, as well?
You need a shave, just look at you!
You really should shave.
And you better get a shave and a shine.
Looks to me as if he could do with a shave.
Was that a close shave.
I've no love for monks and shave-pates.
I can't shave without music.
Oh, all right, I'll shave without music, then.
They had a scene where she watched her husband shave.
Shave him already!
No, a shave.
And get a shave and a shine.
Come shave me.
All you have to do to gain admission. is shave your head.
Three days ago I shave him.
Why would he shave it off?
He'd shave a spot on its paw and burn the skin there with a red-hot iron.
I think I'll get me a shave.
A shave wouldn't go bad, but I ain't got time now.
I worked five years for Burma-Shave.
How about a shave today?
All right. - Don't shave it too close, Nick.
Well, Nick the Barber can shave them a little closer than you can.
If that cheap district attorney get too fresh Nick the Barber give him close shave.
Say, your face is so long, I'd charge you two prices for a shave.
Don't shave, don't wash.
Discharged again and a civilian. I decided to shave but only partially.
This is neither the time nor the place to shave yourself!
Shave your head like a monk.
He wants the gang boss to shave his head!
Think I can get by without a shave?
No, I think you better have a shave.
Before I started to shave even, uh.
I think I'll get me a shave. We have a barbershop.

News and current affairs

Attempts to shave costs by economizing on energy use reduce pollution.
The same is true of orthodox Jewish women who must shave their heads and wear wigs when they marry.
So China's cut in imports could not shave more than a few tenths of a percentage point from US GDP, and even that would be spread over several years.

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