Meaning of "shave" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHAVE

Old English sceafan; related to Old Norse skafa, Gothic skaban to shave, Latin scabere to scrape.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SHAVE

shave  [ʃeɪv]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHAVE

Shave is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb shave in English.

WHAT DOES SHAVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shave in the English dictionary

The first definition of shave in the dictionary is to remove from by scraping the skin with a razor. Other definition of shave is to cut or trim very closely. Shave is also to reduce to shavings.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHAVE

PRESENT

Present

I shave

you shave

he/she/it shaves

we shave

you shave

they shave

Present continuous

I am shaving

you are shaving

he/she/it is shaving

we are shaving

you are shaving

they are shaving

Present perfect

I have shaved

you have shaved

he/she/it has shaved

we have shaved

you have shaved

they have shaved

Present perfect continuous

I have been shaving

you have been shaving

he/she/it has been shaving

we have been shaving

you have been shaving

they have been shaving

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I shaved

you shaved

he/she/it shaved

we shaved

you shaved

they shaved

Past continuous

I was shaving

you were shaving

he/she/it was shaving

we were shaving

you were shaving

they were shaving

Past perfect

I had shaved

you had shaved

he/she/it had shaved

we had shaved

you had shaved

they had shaved

Past perfect continuous

I had been shaving

you had been shaving

he/she/it had been shaving

we had been shaving

you had been shaving

they had been shaving

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will shave

you will shave

he/she/it will shave

we will shave

you will shave

they will shave

Future continuous

I will be shaving

you will be shaving

he/she/it will be shaving

we will be shaving

you will be shaving

they will be shaving

Future perfect

I will have shaved

you will have shaved

he/she/it will have shaved

we will have shaved

you will have shaved

they will have shaved

Future perfect continuous

I will have been shaving

you will have been shaving

he/she/it will have been shaving

we will have been shaving

you will have been shaving

they will have been shaving

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would shave

you would shave

he/she/it would shave

we would shave

you would shave

they would shave

Conditional continuous

I would be shaving

you would be shaving

he/she/it would be shaving

we would be shaving

you would be shaving

they would be shaving

Conditional perfect

I would have shave

you would have shave

he/she/it would have shave

we would have shave

you would have shave

they would have shave

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been shaving

you would have been shaving

he/she/it would have been shaving

we would have been shaving

you would have been shaving

they would have been shaving

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you shave
we let´s shave
you shave

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to shave

Past participle

shaved

Present Participle

shaving

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SHAVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shave» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of shave

barber · crop · cut · cut down · decrease · discount · graze · kiss · lop · lower · pare · plane · reduce · remove · scrape · shear · slash · snip · take · touch · trim · whittle

TRANSLATION OF SHAVE

Find out the translation of shave to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of shave from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shave» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 剃须
• Translator English - Spanish: afeitarse
• English: shave
• Translator English - Hindi: दाढ़ी
• Translator English - Arabic: يَحْلِقُ
• Translator English - Russian: бриться
• Translator English - Portuguese: fazer a barba
• Translator English - Bengali: কামান
• Translator English - French: raser
• Translator English - Malay: Bercukur
• Translator English - German: rasieren
• Translator English - Japanese: 剃る
• Translator English - Korean: 면도하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Cukur
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cạo râu
• Translator English - Tamil: ஷேவ்
• Translator English - Marathi: दाढी करा
• Translator English - Turkish: tıraş
• Translator English - Italian: rasare
• Translator English - Polish: golić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: голитися
• Translator English - Romanian: a se bărbieri
• Translator English - Greek: ξυρίζομαι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: skeer
• Translator English - Swedish: raka (sig)
• Translator English - Norwegian: barbere (seg)

10 QUOTES WITH «SHAVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shave.

1

Casey Abrams

If I shave, I don't have a chin anymore.

2

Asia Argento

I always saw myself as really ugly. My father even told me I was ugly because I would shave my head and look like a boy.

3

Sam Bradford

The products in my bathroom are pretty minimal. Issey Miyake makes great cologne, and I use everything from Zirh, especially their shave scream. I really like Mario Badesco aftershave, too. It's amazing.

4

Lord Byron

There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?

5

Drew Carey

The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you change your name.

6

Mike Colter

As for facial hair, I think I decided it was a good look after graduate school. I always shave it myself and trim my own beard. I change the look depending on the role. For 'Million Dollar Baby,' I had no facial hair. For 'Men in Black 3,' I had no facial hair but did wear a wig.

7

Hernan Cortes

There are apothecaries' shops, where prepared medicines, liquids, ointments, and plasters are sold; barbers' shops, where they wash and shave the head; and restaurateurs, that furnish food and drink at a certain price.

8

Simon Cowell

Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.

9

Darren Criss

I don't shave when I'm not working.

10

Brunello Cucinelli

I shave every day with an ancient manual razor. It was my father's, and I love it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHAVE»

Discover the use of shave in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shave and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Thomas and Friends: The Close Shave (Thomas & Friends)

THOMAS’ FRIEND DUCK likes to be Really Useful and Right on Time.

Rev. W. Awdry, 2011

People's Pops: 55 Recipes for Ice Pops, Shave Ice, and Boozy ...

A flavor-packed collection of 65 recipes from the trio behind the premier pops stand in the country, People’s Pops.

Nathalie Jordi, David Carrell, Joel Horowitz, 2012

Close Shave: The Life and Times of Baseball's Sal Maglie

12. The big news story in the offseason surrounded Jackie Robinson. On December 13 he was traded to the New York Giants for $35,000 and left- handed pitcher Dick Littlefield. Many baseball traditionalists cringed at the idea of seeing Sal ...

James D. Szalontai, 2002

Burma-Shave: The Rhymes, the Signs, the Times

With a complete history of Burma-Shave, all the Burma-Shave ads, and stories about the era, this is a unique, nostalgia-filled remembrance of the not-so-distant past.

Bill Vossler, 1997

More Than a Haircut and Shave: South Brisbane Dry Docks - a ...

5 Painters and dockers, often called “dockies”, provided general labour at the dock, performing cleaning and painting of the ship's hull, sometimes referred to as a “haircut and shave”, which was the essential role of a graving dock. They were ...

David Jones, Peter Nunan, 2013

Slop's shave at a broken Hone

Sir John Stoddart. |24&2 - 17- SO SLOP'S SHAVE AT A BROKEN HONE. LONDON : PRINTED FOR.

Sir John Stoddart, 1820

Shave The Whales

Hot on the heels of Dogbert's Clues for the Clueless, this new Dilbert collection will be widely welcomed by fans of that attention-grabbing comic which appears in 175 newspapers nationwide.

‎1994

Shave The Whales

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‎1994

Best Life

TEST YOUR METTLE Straight talk on a clean shave The master barber: John Allan owns John Allan's Club for Men, which serves Manhattan's men with three locations and has another outpost in Chicago. He has been in the industry for 30  ...

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Cincinnati Magazine

SHAVE. Michael. Flannery. goes. under. the. razor. 22 ALSO COMES IN RED. THE NEW H2. LIKE NOTHING ELSE. WHAT MAKES THESE CONVENTIONS HIP 2003 International Master Gardener Conference and Trade Show June 18- 21, ...

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHAVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shave is used in the context of the following news items.

Dollar Shave Club Is Valued at $615 Million

Lots of videos go viral. Few prove as lucrative as Michael Dubin's. Three years ago the Dollar Shave Club founder launched his company with a hilarious video ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»

To shave or not: Female armpit hair is getting its moment

“My mother's generation didn't care about that, but now it has become a headache for women in the summer as they have to consider whether to shave that area ... «New York Post, Jun 15»

Town Nixes Ban That Led to Fight Over Shave Ice

Volunteers share 'shave ice' to runners at The Hapalua - Hawaii's Half Marathon on April 12, 2015 in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photo by Cory Lum/Getty Images for ... «NECN, Apr 15»

Turkey-bound girl 'had close shave'

Mr Justice Hayden said the teenager had a "really close shave". The judge was told that the girl's parents had raised the alarm after she went missing and ... «Belfast Telegraph, Apr 15»

Child forced to shave military-style haircut honoring brother; school …

Seven-year-old Adam Stinnett was not allowed back into his classroom at Bobby Ray Memorial Elementary School in Tennessee until his “high and tight” ... «Washington Times, Mar 15»

Evgeny Lebedev gets a close shave from Elton John for Comic Relief

Evgeny Lebedev, owner of the Evening Standard, the Independent and London Live, has had his beard and eyebrows shaved by Sir Elton John for Comic Relief ... «Media Week, Mar 15»

David Beckham: Sir Alex Ferguson made me shave my hair off

According to Beckham, Ferguson once became so irritated by the midfielder's latest flashy hairstyle that he forced him to shave it off in the toilets before United's ... «ESPN FC, Feb 15»

Vatican offers free showers and shaves to the homeless

VATICAN CITY — Homeless men and women lined up Monday off St. Peter's Square to take advantage of Pope Francis' latest charitable initiative: a free shave ... «New York Daily News, Feb 15»

Why it's a terrible idea for women to shave their faces

Whether you're shaving to get rid of a slight 'tache or shaving your entire face ... time or the inclination to shave her entire face for the sake of slightly softer skin? «The Guardian, Feb 15»

President Obama Gets Some 'Shave Ice' in First Outing of 2015

U.S. President Barack Obama began 2015 by treating himself to some shave ice. Obama, accompanied by his two daughters and a few friends, sampled a ... «TIME, Jan 15»