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🔑 shave BrE /ʃeɪv / NAmE /ʃeɪv / verb present simple - I / you / we / they shave BrE /ʃeɪv / NAmE /ʃeɪv / present simple - he / she / it shaves BrE /ʃeɪvz / NAmE /ʃeɪvz / past simple shaved BrE /ʃeɪvd / NAmE /ʃeɪvd / past participle shaved BrE /ʃeɪvd / NAmE /ʃeɪvd / -ing form shaving BrE /ˈʃeɪvɪŋ / NAmE /ˈʃeɪvɪŋ / 🔑 [ I , T ] to cut hair from the skin , especially the face , using a razor ◆ Mike cut himself shaving . ◆ ~ sb /sth /yourself The nurse washed and shaved him . ◆ a shaved head ➡ see also shaven [ T ] ~ sth to cut a small amount off a price , etc . ◆ The firm had shaved profit margins . ● ˌshave sth↔ˈoff ● ˌshave sth ˈoff sth to remove a beard or moustache by shaving ◆ Charles decided to shave off his beard . to cut very thin pieces from the surface of wood , etc . ◆ I had to shave a few millimetres off the door to make it shut . to reduce a number by a very small amount ◆ He shaved a tenth of a second off the world record . 🔑 shave BrE /ʃeɪv / NAmE /ʃeɪv / noun an act of shaving ◆ I need a shave . ◆ to have a shave ● a ˌclose ˈcall /ˈshave (informal a situation in which you only just manage to avoid an accident , etc .
