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shave has definitions from the field of business
1
[ verb ] remove body hair with a razor

Synonyms

epilate

Used in print

(Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)

Did it take a man of sixty-five longer to write a letter , shave , clean_out a barn , read a newspaper , than a man of thirty ?

Related terms

groom tonsure razor

2
[ verb ] cut closely

Synonyms

trim

Examples

"trim my beard"

Used in print

(Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)

The bristles are a Fitch 2 and a one-half inch brush shaved to a sharp chisel edge .

Related terms

cut fleece trim

3
[ verb ] make shavings of or reduce to shavings

Examples

"shave the radish"

Related terms

carve paring

4
[ verb ] touch the surface of lightly

Examples

"His back shaved the counter in passing"

Related terms

graze skive grazing

5
[ verb ] cut or remove with or as if with a plane

Synonyms

plane

Examples

"The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"

Related terms

cut plane

6
[ verb ] (business) cut the price of

Synonyms

knock_off

Related terms

reduce mark_down

7
[ noun ] the act of removing hair with a razor

Synonyms

shaving

Related terms

cleaning depilation tonsure

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Phonetic and Homophones

SH EY1 V schave

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