1
as in to cut
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
he always shaves most of his hair off when the weather starts getting warmer
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2
as in to brush
to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing
just shaved the concrete post as the car turned the corner
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Recent Examples of shave
Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
The policy again came into focus this spring training when newcomer Devin Williams shaved his beard for the first day of camp.
—Mark Osborne, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Jessica Wang, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
On top of a reusable razor and a cute stand, this set comes with a gel for dry shaving and five replacement blades, ensuring many smooth shaves to come.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 2 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The timing of it — well after players reported to camp and already had to shave — brought up many questions, too.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
The policy again came into focus this spring training when newcomer Devin Williams shaved his beard for the first day of camp.
—Mark Osborne, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
The shave happens toward the end of the interview, at around the 35-minute mark in the video below.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
On top of a reusable razor and a cute stand, this set comes with a gel for dry shaving and five replacement blades, ensuring many smooth shaves to come.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shave
Verb
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Second half Utah cut the deficit to one after outscoring Sacramento 13-5 to start the second half, but the Kings responded with an 11-1 run to push the lead back to double digits.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
27 Feb. 2025
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When thieves cut air hoses in remote areas, conductors and engineers are stranded along with the disabled train.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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Earlier this month, Murray Auchincloss, BP’s current chief executive, brushed off an analyst’s question about reverting to a more normal approach to the Russian holding, noting that Rosneft remained under sanctions by more than a dozen countries.—
Stanley Reed,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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While many dismiss this sort of movie fare, and many others brushed off a later-career showing from the Wayans, those who respect the parody’s never-taking-itself-too-seriously nature will find that Marlon Wayans still knew how to make a hilarious spoof into the 2010s and beyond.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Lovely amenities in each room includes eye-level safes, bedside reading lamps, multiple shaving/makeup mirrors, towel warmers, a bathroom scale, and footlights in the spacious walk-in shower showers.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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This involved painful bouts of bleaching, shaving, waxing and chemicals, which left her burned and bruised.—
Rhonda Garelick,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Also different in 2025, five broad categories were trimmed to three.—
David Spiegel,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, superhero cinema seems to be trimming a lot of the fat that’s contributed to the genre’s loss of gloss from its heady days of late-2010s.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Busch and his team would love to pose for more pictures kissing the bricks at IMS following Sunday’s race.—
Clifton Brown,
Indianapolis Star,
17 July 2017
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The trainer turns and kisses one of the man-eaters on the nose.—
Holly Millea,
Smithsonian,
29 June 2017
Noun
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Stewart was also a prolific chronicler of her own story, keeping news clippings, photographs, and letters that span decades and continents.—
Sara Ivry,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Feb. 2025
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Highly classified material was mixed in with newspaper clippings and dinner menus.—
Maegan Vazquez The Washington Post,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Just clip them in, style them as needed, and voilà—instant cool-girl bangs with zero regrets.—
Allure,
Allure,
24 Feb. 2025
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When a truck carrying Mr. Nasrallah’s coffin entered the stadium, the crowd erupted in shrieks and cries as the voice of the former Hezbollah leader — clipped from his speeches — echoed from speakers.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Just as the interior of the house may benefit from a paring down for selling, so too could the yard.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
24 Feb. 2025
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Niko Mikkola and Nate Schmidt for the second paring.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Shave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shave. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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