shave

Senso (Inglese)

1. 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. To cut anything in this fashion.
3. To remove hair from one's face by this means.
4. 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. To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
8. (slang) 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.

shaving

scrape

cut hair

get shaved

pluck out

shave off

shave the head

pare off

cut the hair

make thin

plane off

rutter

skim off

skim over

cut off the hair

shape roughly

knife plane

crossout

drive around

extirpate

Frequenza

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ʃeɪv/

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 scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to cut, split, form, carve”). Cognate with West Frisian skave, Dutch schaven (“to shave, plane”), Low German schaven (“to scrape, scratch, shave”), German schaben (“to scrape, shave”), Danish skave, Norwegian Nynorsk skava, Swedish skava (“to scrape, chafe”), Icelandic skafa, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (skaban, “to shear, shave”).