shave
verb/ʃeɪv/
/ʃeɪv/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they shave | /ʃeɪv/ /ʃeɪv/ |
| he / she / it shaves | /ʃeɪvz/ /ʃeɪvz/ |
| past simple shaved | /ʃeɪvd/ /ʃeɪvd/ |
| past participle shaved | /ʃeɪvd/ /ʃeɪvd/ |
| -ing form shaving | /ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/ /ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to cut hair from the skin, especially the face, using a razor
- Mike cut himself shaving.
- shave somebody/something/yourself The nurse washed and shaved him.
- a shaved head
- He has completely shaved his head.
- I cut myself when I was shaving.
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- [transitive] shave something to cut a small amount off a price, etc.
- The firm had shaved profit margins.
Word OriginOld English sc(e)afan ‘scrape away the surface of (something) by paring’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaven and German schaben.
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