Definition of: shave

(shāv) v. shaved, shaved or shav·en, shav·ing v.i.
1. To cut hair or beard close to the skin with a razor.
—v.t.
2. To remove hair or beard from (the face, head, etc.) with a razor.
3. To cut (hair or beard) close to the skin with a razor: often with off.
4. To trim closely as if with a razor: to shave a lawn.
5. To cut thin slices from, as in preparing the surface; pare; plane.
6. To cut into thin slices: to shave ice.
7. To touch or scrape in passing; graze; come close to.
8. U.S. To buy (commercial paper) at a greater reduction than the bank discount.
—noun
1. The act or operation of cutting off the beard with a razor.
2. A knife or blade, mounted between two handles, as for shaving wood: also draw shave, spoke shave.
3. A shaving; thin slice.
4. An extra or exorbitant discount paid for cashing a note or draft, as a premium given for an extension of time.
5. Colloq. The act of rushing by or barely grazing something; hence, a narrow escape: a close shave.
6. One who drives hard bargains. [OE scafan shave]