shave

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

1. (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.
2. (transitive) To cut anything in this fashion.
3. (intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.
4. (transitive) To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
5. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
6. To reduce in size, weight, time taken etc., usually by a small amount.
7. (archaic, transitive) To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
8. (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.
9. (Multicultural-London-English, slang, transitive) To injure by employing a knife.

Noun

1. An instance of shaving.
2. A thin slice; a shaving.
3. (US, dated, slang) An exorbitant discount on a note.
4. (US, dated, slang) A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.
5. A hand tool, mainly for woodworking, consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end.
6. (informal) A narrow miss or escape; a close shave.

Konzepte

rasieren

sich rasieren

Rasur

barbieren

scheren

abrasieren

Rasieren

enthaaren

hobeln

schaben

Synonyme

shaving

scrape

plane

sharpen

pare

cut

trim

shear

scratch

cut hair

shorten

scrape off

graze

clip

reduce

razor

🪒

rake

whittle

dress

👗

cleave

dig

haircut

💇

shave off

shave the head

scrabble

delve

get shaved

skin

sweep

shavings

sever

remove

mow

peel

knock off

brush

lower

separate

pluck out

drive

downgrade

bring down

degrade

claw

decorticate

hoax

hit

deceive

hoodwink

circumvent

Übersetzungen

raser

radere

afeitar

scheren

barbear

afaitar

rasurar

afeitado

raspar

afeitarse

ξυρίζω

se raser

ξύρισμα

radersi

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ʃeɪv/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: shaven

Geerbt von Altenglisch: sċafan

Verwandt mit Westfriesisch: skave

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: schaven

Verwandt mit Niederdeutsch: schaven

Verwandt mit Deutsch: schaben

Verwandt mit Dänisch: skave

Verwandt mit Norwegisch (Nynorsk): skava

Verwandt mit Schwedisch: skava

Verwandt mit Isländisch: skafa

Verwandt mit Gotisch: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: shave

Geerbt von Altenglisch: sceafa

In summary

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”).
Cognate with West Frisian skave, Dutch schaven, Low German schaven, German schaben, Danish skave, Norwegian Nynorsk skava, Swedish skava, Icelandic skafa, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (skaban), all roughly “to scrape, chafe, shave, plane, remove the outer lay of”.

Sätze

And after the bath a shave would not be bad .

Und nach dem Bad wäre eine Rasur nicht schlecht.