āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to shave
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āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§, āĻĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§
to remove hair from the body using a razor or similar tool
Transitive: to shave a body part
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She shaves her legs regularly to maintain smooth skin.
āϏ⧠āĻŽāϏā§āĻŖ āϤā§āĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻž āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§
to cut thin slices or layers from the surface of something
Transitive: to shave a layer of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef is shaving truffles over the pasta dish to enhance its flavor and aroma.
āĻļā§āĻĢ āĻĒāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻž āĻĄāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏā§āĻāύā§āϧāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻĢā§āϞ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻāώ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻļ āĻāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to move very close to something without hitting it
Transitive: to shave sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cyclist shaved the edge of the pavement but managed to stay on track.
āϏāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞ āĻāĻžāϞāĻ āĻĢā§āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĨā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻļ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āϰā§āϝāĻžāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§, āĻĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
to remove hair from the skin by cutting it very close
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the workout, he decided to shave his stubble off.
āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻāĻĢ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϤ⧠āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ, āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĻž āĻā§āĻāϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻž
to turn something into thin, small pieces
Transitive: to shave sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The woodworker shaved the log into thin curls for kindling.
āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāϏā§āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϞāĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĻž āĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāϞā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž
to reduce the value of a financial note or payment by charging an excessively high fee
Transitive: to shave a financial note
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They agreed to shave the check at an unreasonably high fee.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻĢāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§, āĻĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻ
the act of removing hair with a razor
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
shaved
shaven
shaver
shave
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