shave
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(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.
- 2.
(transitive)To cut anything in this fashion.
- 3.
(intransitive)To remove hair from one's face by this means.
I had little time to shave this morning.
- 4.
(transitive)To cut finely, for example slices of meat.
- 5.
To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
- 6.
To reduce in size, weight, time taken etc., usually by a small amount.
- 7.
(archaic, transitive)To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
- 8.
(US, dated, slang, 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.
- 9.
(Multicultural London English, slang, transitive)(MLE, slang, transitive) To injure by employing a knife.
Đồng nghĩa: stab, chef, ching, juice, shiv, jook, shank
Danh từ
noun- 1.
An instance of shaving.
I instructed the barber to give me a shave.
- 2.
A thin slice; a shaving.
- 3.
(US, dated, slang)An exorbitant discount on a note.
- 4.
(US, dated, slang)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.
- 5.
A hand tool, mainly for woodworking, consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end.
- 6.
(informal)A narrow miss or escape; a close shave.
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Middle English shaven, schaven, from Old English sċafan (to shave, scrape, shred, polish), from *skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną (to scrape), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (to cut, split, form, carve).