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# shaver

«shaver» in Mova's school dictionary: **An electric tool with small moving blades for cutting…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a shaver, shavers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An electric tool with small moving blades for cutting hair close to the skin, usually on the face or legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaver/#m1)

2) (old-fashioned, informal) «A young shaver» is a boy or young lad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaver/#m2)

3) A person who shaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaver/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a shaver is part of a grown-up's bathroom kit; safety lessons say children should not play with shavers or razors because the blades are sharp. In older stories an adult may call a boy «a young shaver». Phrases: «an electric shaver», «a shaver socket» (a special bathroom plug in the UK).

### examples

- Dad uses an electric shaver every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaver/#x1)
- The bathroom has a special socket for the shaver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaver/#x2)
- Grandpa bought a new shaver because the old one was blunt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaver/#x3)
- Please don't use my shaver to cut the doll's hair! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaver/#x4)
- (old-fashioned) "Come here, you young shaver," said the old farmer with a smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaver/#x5)
- The shaver buzzes loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaver/#x6)
- Mum charges her shaver overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaver/#x7)

### note

Countable. A «shaver» is usually electric; a «razor» is often a hand blade, though people mix the words. Comes from «shave» (shave, shaves, shaved, shaving).

### Trees and pragmatics

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