shave

shave is a 5-letter English word with 20 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: obs. p. p. of Shave. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. obs. p. p. of Shave.
2. transitive verb. To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.
3. transitive verb. To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself.
4. transitive verb. To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
5. transitive verb. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
6. transitive verb. To strip; to plunder; to fleece.
7. intransitive verb. To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat.
8. transitive verb. A thin slice; a shaving.
9. transitive verb. A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.
10. transitive verb. An exorbitant discount on a note.
11. transitive verb. A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.
12. transitive verb. A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.
13. transitive verb. The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave.
14. noun. the act of removing hair with a razor

    Synonyms: shaving

15. verb. remove body hair with a razor
16. verb. touch the surface of lightly

    "His back shaved the counter in passing"

17. verb. cut closely

    "trim my beard"

    Synonyms: trim

18. verb. make shavings of or reduce to shavings

    "shave the radish"

19. verb. cut or remove with or as if with a plane

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

    Synonyms: plane

20. verb. cut the price of

Synonyms

shaving, trim, plane

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shave:

haves, sheva

Common word forms

shaved, shaver, shaves, shaving, shaveable

Words from these letters

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