shave
Pronunciation
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- (transitive) When you shave hair, you remove all of it with a sharp object such as a razor.
- After getting up in the morning, Trevor shaved off a day's growth of beard.
- (transitive) When you shave meat, you cut it into very thin slices.
Noun
[change]- (countable) A shave is the act of shaving (hair being removed).