shave

/ʃeɪv/ v [I/T]

Definition

› to remove hair from the face or body by cutting it close to the skin with a razor (= a device with a blade): [T] He shaved his face. [I] He carefully shaved around the cut on his cheek. [M] I was amazed to see he had shaved off his beard. › If you shave an amount off or from an object or surface, you cut a thin layer from it: [M] She shaved about an eighth of an inch off the door, and now it closes. shave

/ʃeɪv/ n [C] › After three days of camping, he needed a good shave.

(Definition of shave v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)