Usually means: Cutting hair close to skin.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. shave: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shave: Merriam-Webster
  3. shave: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shave: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. shave: Collins English Dictionary
  6. shave: Vocabulary.com
  7. Shave, shave: Wordnik
  8. shave: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. shave: Wiktionary
  10. shave: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. shave: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. shave: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. shave: Dictionary.com
  14. shave (n.), shave (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. shave: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Shave (surname), Shave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Shave: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. shave: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. shave: Rhymezone
  20. shave: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. shave: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Shave: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. shave: FreeDictionary.org
  24. shave: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. shave: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. shave: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shave: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. shave: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SHAVE: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. shave: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. shave, shave: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. shave: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See shaved as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
verb:  (transitive) To cut anything in this fashion.
verb:  (intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.
verb:  (transitive) To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
verb:  To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
verb:  To reduce in size, weight, time taken etc., usually by a small amount.
verb:  (archaic, transitive) To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
verb:  (US, slang, dated, transitive) To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows.
noun:  An instance of shaving.
noun:  A thin slice; a shaving.
noun:  (US, slang, dated) An exorbitant discount on a note.
noun:  (US, slang, dated) 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.
noun:  A hand tool, mainly for woodworking, consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end.
noun:  (informal) A narrow miss or escape; a close shave.

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