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shavee
English
Etymology
shave +? -ee
Noun
shavee (plural shavees)
- (rare) A person who has their hair shaved off.
Anagrams
- heaves, heveas, sheave
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shave
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: sh?v, IPA(key): /?e?v/
- Rhymes: -e?v
Etymology 1
From Middle English shaven, schaven, from Old English s?afan (“to shave, scrape, shred, polish”), from Proto-Germanic *skaban? (“to scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skab?- (“to cut, split, form, carve”). Cognate with West Frisian skave, Dutch schaven (“to shave, plane”), Low German schaven (“to scrape, scratch, shave”), German schaben (“to scrape, shave”), Danish skave, Norwegian Nynorsk skava, Swedish skava (“to scrape, chafe”), Icelandic skafa, Gothic ???????????????????????? (skaban, “to shear, shave”).
Verb
shave (third-person singular simple present shaves, present participle shaving, simple past shaved or (obsolete) shove, past participle shaved or shaven)
- (transitive) To make bald or shorter by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
- (transitive) To cut anything in this fashion.
- 1713, John Gay, The Rural Sports
- The labourer with the bending scythe is seen / Shaving the surface of the waving green.
- 1713, John Gay, The Rural Sports
- (intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.
- (transitive) To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
- To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
- To reduce in size or weight.
- (archaic, transitive) To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
- (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.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English shave, from Old English sceafa, from Proto-Germanic *skabô.
Noun
shave (plural shaves)
- An instance of shaving.
- A thin slice; a shaving.
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- (US, slang, dated) An exorbitant discount on a note.
- (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.
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- A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave.
- (informal) A narrow miss or escape; a close shave.
- 1919, Edward Frederic Benson, Across the Stream
- " […] I had an awful shave getting into the harbour," remarked Archie.
- 1919, Edward Frederic Benson, Across the Stream
Derived terms
- close shave
Translations
Anagrams
- haves, sheva
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English sceafa, from Proto-Germanic *skabô.
Alternative forms
- schave, schafe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?v(?)/
Noun
shave (plural shaves)
- A tool used for filing, shaving, or abrasion.
Descendants
- English: shave
References
- “sh?ve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-02.
Etymology 2
Verb
shave
- Alternative form of schaven
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