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Overview of noun shave

      »   The noun shave has 1 meanings (no senses from tagged texts)

• shave, Shaving1.) Shave, shaving -- (the act of removing hair with a razor)
  
  2.) Paring, sliver, shaving -- (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)
  
  shaving -- (the Act1.) Act, enactment -- (a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body)
  
  2.) Act, human action, human activity -- (something that people do or cause to happen)
  
  act of Removing1.) Remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")
  
  2.) Remove -- (remove from a position or an office)
  
  removing hair with a razor)

Overview of verb shave
      »   The verb shave has 6 meanings (first 2 from tagged texts)

• shave -- (Remove1.) Remove -- (degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";)
  
  1.) Remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")
  
  remove body Hair1.) Hair -- (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells")
  
  2.) Hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker -- (a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker")
  
  hair with a razor)

• shave, Trim1.) Trim, trimness -- (a state of arrangement or appearance; "in good trim")
  
  2.) Trimming, trim, passementerie -- (a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt")
  
  trim -- (Cut1.) Cut -- (the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget")
  
  2.) Cut, gash, slash, slice -- (a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut")
  
  cut closely; "Trim1.) Trim, trimness -- (a state of arrangement or appearance; "in good trim")
  
  2.) Trimming, trim, passementerie -- (a decoration or adornment on a garment; "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt")
  
  trim my beard")

• shave, Knock1.) Knock, knocking -- (the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing); "the knocking grew louder")
  
  2.) Knock, roast -- (negative criticism)
  
  knock off -- (Cut1.) Cut -- (the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget")
  
  2.) Cut, gash, slash, slice -- (a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut")
  
  cut the Price1.) Price, terms, damage -- (the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?")
  
  2.) Monetary value, price, cost -- (the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection")
  
  price of)

• plane, shave -- (Cut1.) Cut -- (the act of reducing the amount or number; "the mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget")
  
  2.) Cut, gash, slash, slice -- (a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut")
  
  cut or Remove1.) Remove -- (degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";)
  
  1.) Remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")
  
  remove with or as if with a Plane1.) Airplane, aeroplane, plane -- (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane")
  
  2.) Plane, sheet -- ((mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane")
  
  plane; "The Machine1.) Machine -- (any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks)
  
  2.) Machine -- (an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently; "the war machine")
  
  machine shaved Off1.) Murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove -- (kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered")
  
  1.) Off -- (not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off")
  
  off fine Layers1.) Layer, bed -- (single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach")
  
  2.) Layer -- (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)
  
  layers from the piece of wood")

• shave -- (Make1.) Brand, make -- (a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?")
  
  2.) Shuffle, shuffling, make -- (the act of mixing cards haphazardly)
  
  make shavings of or Reduce1.) Reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down -- (cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits")
  
  2.) Reduce -- (make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question")
  
  reduce to Shavings1.) Shave, shaving -- (the act of removing hair with a razor)
  
  2.) Paring, sliver, shaving -- (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)
  
  shavings; "shave the radish")

• shave -- (Touch1.) Touch, touching -- (the event of something coming in contact with the body; "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air")
  
  2.) Touch, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses -- (the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands); "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us")
  
  touch the Surface1.) Surface -- (the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface")
  
  2.) Surface -- (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface")
  
  surface of Lightly1.) Lightly -- (without good reason; "one cannot say such things lightly")
  
  2.) Lightly, light -- (with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light")
  
  lightly; "His Back1.) Back, dorsum -- (the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned")
  
  2.) Rear, back -- (the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph")
  
  back shaved the Counter1.) Counter -- (table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted)
  
  2.) Counter -- (game equipment used in various card or board games)
  
  counter in passing")

Related Terms - "Shave"

Meaning 1 of Shaveshave, shaving depilation, epilation

• Shave1.) Shave, shaving -- (the act of removing hair with a razor)
  
  1.) Shave -- (remove body hair with a razor)
  
  Shave, Shaving1.) Shave, shaving -- (the act of removing hair with a razor)
  
  2.) Paring, sliver, shaving -- (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)
  
  Shaving - The act of removing hair with a razor

• Electrolysis1.) Electrolysis -- ((chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions)
  
  2.) Electrolysis -- (removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root)
  
  Electrolysis - (chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions