Dictionary Entry
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.
- 2transitive 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.
- 3transitive 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.
- 4transitive verb
To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
- 5transitive verb
To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
- 6transitive verb
To strip; to plunder; to fleece.
- 7intransitive 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.
- 8transitive verb
A thin slice; a shaving.
- 9transitive verb
A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.
- 10transitive verb
An exorbitant discount on a note.
- 11transitive 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.
- 12transitive verb
A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.
- 13transitive verb
The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave.
- 14noun
the act of removing hair with a razor
Synonyms
- 15verb
remove body hair with a razor
- 16verb
touch the surface of lightly
"His back shaved the counter in passing"
- 17verb
cut closely
"trim my beard"
Synonyms
- 18verb
make shavings of or reduce to shavings
"shave the radish"
- 19verb
cut or remove with or as if with a plane
"The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
Synonyms
- 20verb
cut the price of
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