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# shave

«shave» in Mova's school dictionary: **To cut hair off very close to the skin with a razor, as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (shave, shaves, shaved, shaving); noun (a shave, shaves)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To cut hair off very close to the skin with a razor, as men do on their face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shave/#m1)

2) To cut very thin pieces off something: "shave chocolate". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shave/#m2)

3) A close shave: when you only just avoid danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shave/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life many men shave their face; some people shave legs or heads. In hygiene and growing-up lessons, older children learn about shaving safely. "A close shave" is used in stories about nearly having an accident. Phrases: close shave, shave off, a clean shave.

### examples

- Dad shaves every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shave/#x1)
- Grandpa shaved off his beard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shave/#x2)
- That was a close shave: the car nearly hit us! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shave/#x3)
- Shave some chocolate onto the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shave/#x4)
- He needs a shave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shave/#x5)
- Some people shave their heads for charity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shave/#x6)
- The carpenter shaved a bit off the door so it would close. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shave/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: shave, shaved (also "shaven" as an adjective: "a shaven head"). Safety: razors are sharp; children should not use them without an adult. Myth: shaving does not make hair grow back thicker.

### In the corpora

- [Tiger stripes are on the skin as well as the fur, so a shaved tiger would still look striped.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes/5/)
- [Shaving does not change how thick, dark or fast hair grows; cut hair just has a blunt tip that feels coarser.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/6-growing-skin-hair-and-food/8/)
- [And he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1313/)
- [then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.573/)
- [Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.492/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shave» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shave/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.