shaves
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/ʃeɪvz/
English
Definitions
verb
- 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.
- To cut anything in this fashion.“The labourer with the bending scythe is seen / Shaving the surface of the waving green.”
- To remove hair from one's face by this means.“I had little time to shave this morning.”
- To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
noun
- An instance of shaving.“I instructed the barber to give me a shave.”
- A thin slice; a shaving.
- An exorbitant discount on a note.
- 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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Synonyms
epilateknock offplanetrimshortensloppedhaircutslashestrimsnipsbrusheswipessqueezeslathersplumpsslims