shave
To make bald or shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut…To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
» I've got to shave before leaving.
Ich muss mich unbedingt noch rasieren, bevor ich gehe.
Я должен побриться перед выходом.
Мне надо побриться перед выходом.
Мне надо побриться перед отъездом.
Мені потрібно поголитися перед тим, як іти.
Meaning
9 senses(transitive)To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
(transitive)To cut anything in this fashion.
cut closely
(intransitive)To remove hair from one's face by this means.
I had little time to shave this morning.
rasieren, sich rasieren
бритьbritʹ, побри́тьpobrítʹ, выска́бливатьvyskáblivatʹ
бри́тиbrýty, побри́тиpobrýty, голи́тиholýty
remove body hair with a razor
(transitive)To cut finely, for example slices of meat.
cut the price of
To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
touch the surface of lightly
To reduce in size, weight, time taken etc., usually by a small amount.
(US, dated, slang, transitive)To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows.
(Multicultural London English, slang, transitive)To injure by employing a knife.
(archaic, transitive)To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
Examples
418 sentencesI've got to shave before leaving.
Мені потрібно поголитися перед тим, як іти.
ruЯ должен побриться перед выходом.
deIch muss mich unbedingt noch rasieren, bevor ich gehe.
Tom hasn't shaved in three years.
Том не голиться вже три роки.
ruТом не бреется уже три года.
I hope Tom remembered to shave.
Сподіваюся, Том не забув поголитися.
ruНадеюсь, Том не забыл побриться.
deIch hoffe, Tom hat daran gedacht, sich zu rasieren.
I got a shave and a haircut.
Мене поголили та підстригли.
ruЯ побрился и подстригся.
deIch habe eine Rasur und einen Haarschnitt bekommen.
My father is shaving in the bathroom.
Мій батько голиться у ванні.
ruМой отец бреется в ванной.
deMein Vater rasiert sich gerade im Badezimmer.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Inherited from Middle English shaven, schaven, from Old English sċafan (“to shave, scrape,Inherited from Middle English shaven, schaven, from Old English sċafan (“to shave, scrape, shred, polish”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną (“to scrape”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to cut, split, form, carve”).
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Forms
shaves, shaving, shaved, shavedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
10 patterns- shaved his head
- shave my head
- shaves her legs
- shaved off his
- shave every day
- shave every
- shave every morning
- shave off your
- hasn't shaved in
- going to shave