Shave /(shāv)/

imp. Shaved; p. p. Shaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Shaving

1. To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.
2. To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself.

   I'll shave your crown for this.

   The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of the waving green.

3. To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.

   Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root.

4. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.

   Now shaves with level wing the deep.

5. To strip; to plunder; to fleece. [Colloq.]

1. To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat.

1. A thin slice; a shaving.
2. A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.
3. An exorbitant discount on a note. [Cant, U.S.]
4. A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.
5. The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave. [Colloq.]