1
- no obj. cut the hair off one's face with a razor剃须, 刮脸, 修面：
he washed, shaved, and had breakfast.
他洗脸, 刮脸, 然后吃早饭。
1.1
- with obj. cut the hair off (a part of the body) with a razor剃…上的毛：
she shaved her legs.
她剃了腿上的汗毛。
1.2
- with obj. cut the hair off the face or another part of the body of (someone) with a razor为…剃须; 为…剃毛：
his wife washed and shaved him.
他的妻子帮他洗脸和刮脸。
1.3
- cut (hair) off with a razor剃（毛）：
professional male swimmers shave off their body hair.
职业男子游泳运动员剃掉身上毛。
2
- with obj. cut (a thin slice or slices) from the surface of something把…切刮出薄片：
scrape a large sharp knife across the surface, shaving off rolls of very fine chocolate.
用一把锋利大刀刮表面, 削出细薄的巧克力卷。
2.1
- reduce by a small amount少量削减：
they shaved profit margins.
他们削减了利润幅度。
2.2
- remove (a small amount) from something除去, 去掉（很少的量）：
she shaved 0.5 seconds off the British junior record.
她把英国少年记录缩短了0.5秒。
3
- with obj. pass or send something close to (something else), missing it narrowly掠过; 擦过：
Scott shaved the post in the 29th minute.
斯科特在29分钟时踢出的球擦门柱而过。
1
- an act of shaving hair from the face or a part of the body修面, 刮脸; 剃毛发：
he couldn't have a shave
他当时没法刮脸
the razor will probably last several shaves.
这剃刀可用来刮几次脸。
2
- a tool used for shaving very thin slices or layers from wood or other material刮刀; 刨刀。
词源
Old English sc(e)afan 'scrape away the surface of (something) by paring', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaven and German schaben.