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Word shave
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / ʃeɪv / NAmE / ʃeɪv /
Example
  • mike cut himself shaving.
  • the nurse washed and shaved him.
  • a shaved head
  • he has completely shaved his head.
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shave

(verb)BrE / ʃeɪv / NAmE / ʃeɪv /
  1. to cut hair from the skin, especially the face, using a razor
    • see also shaven
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    • Mike cut himself shaving.
    • The nurse washed and shaved him.
    • a shaved head
    • He has completely shaved his head.
    • I cut myself when I was shaving.
  2. to cut a small amount off a price, etc.
    • The firm had shaved profit margins.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they shave
    • he / she / it shaves
    • past simple shaved
    • past participle shaved
    • -ing form shaving

    Word Origin

    • Old 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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