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Definition of "shave" []
- To remove the beard or other body hair from, with a razor or shaver: The barber lathered his face and then shaved him. (verb-transitive)
- To cut (the beard, for example) at the surface of the skin with a razor or shaver. (verb-transitive)
- To crop, trim, or mow closely: shave a meadow. (verb-transitive)
- To remove thin slices from: shave a board. (verb-transitive)
- To cut or scrape into thin slices; shred: shave chocolate. (verb-transitive)
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Use "shave" in a sentence
- "Eugene Debs sponsered by the Church of the presumptious assumption says: byebyebirdbrain shave his nuts for maximum teabagging effect"
- "If their religion says they cannot shave, is that intolerant to pagans?"
- "Jersey Shore could simply be receiving place in any series of towns as well as villages a stones throw from my hometown of Babylon - as well as a most viral shave from a uncover stars a violent goombah bully sort from a single of a subsequent towns over, Deer Park."