Complete Definition of "shave"

English

Pronunciation
AHD|sh�v, IPA|/�eɪv/, SAMPA|/SeIv?/
audio|en-us-shave.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪv|-eɪv

Etymology 1
Old English scafan

Verb
en-verb|shaves|shaving|shove or shaved|shaven or shaved

  1. transitive to make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin
  2. transitive to cut finely, as with slices of meat
Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
trans-top|to remove hair
Arabic: ARchar|ح�� IPAchar|(ħálaqa)
Chinese: � (tì)
Czech: t-|cs|holit
Dutch: zich scheren (shave oneself), scheren (shave someone else)
Finnish: t+|fi|ajaa, t+|fi|ajella
French: t+|fr|raser|alt=se raser
German: t+|de|rasieren
Hungarian: t-|hu|borotvál
Italian: t+|it|radere
Japanese: t+|ja|��|trsoru|scJpan
trans-mid
Korean: ���� (myeondohada)
Kurdish:

Latin: t-|la|radere
Norwegian: t+|no|barbere
Portuguese: barbear-se
Russian: б�и���� (brít�s�a)
Spanish: t-|es|afeitar, t-|es|afeitarse
Swedish: raka (sig/någon)
Turkish: tıra� olmak (shave yourself), tıra� etmek (shave someone else)
trans-bottom

trans-top|to slice thin
Finnish: leikata, leikellä, siivuttaa
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Etymology 2
Old English sceafa

Noun
en-noun

  1. An instance of shaving.

#:I instructed the barber to give me a shave.

Translations

Danish: t-|da|barbering|c
German: Rasur f
mid
Kurdish:

Category:Hair

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