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shaves

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/ʃeɪvz/ English

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verb

  1. 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.
  2. To cut anything in this fashion.“The labourer with the bending scythe is seen / Shaving the surface of the waving green.”
  3. To remove hair from one's face by this means.“I had little time to shave this morning.”
  4. To cut finely, as with slices of meat.

noun

  1. An instance of shaving.“I instructed the barber to give me a shave.”
  2. A thin slice; a shaving.
  3. An exorbitant discount on a note.
  4. 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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