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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shave \Shave\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Shaved} (sh[=a]vd);p. p. {Shaved} or {Shaven} (sh[=a]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaving}.] [OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D. schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth. scaban, Russ. kopate to dig, Gr. ska'ptein, and probably to L. scabere to scratch, to scrape. Cf. {Scab}, {Shaft}, {Shape}.]
1. To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.
2. To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself.
I'll shave your crown for this. --Shak.
The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of the waving green. --Gay.
3. To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root. --Bacon.
4. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
Now shaves with level wing the deep. --Milton.
5. To strip; to plunder; to fleece. [Colloq.]
{To shave a note}, to buy it at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows. [Cant, U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shave
noun: the act of removing hair with a razor [syn: {shaving}]
verb
1: remove body hair with a razor
2: cut closely; "trim my beard" [syn: {trim}]
3: cut the price of [syn: {knock off}]
4: cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" [syn: {plane}]
5: make shavings of or reduce to shavings; "shave the radish"
6: touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing" [also: {shaven}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shaven
adjective: having the beard or hair cut off close to the skin [syn: {shaved}] [ant: {unshaven}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shaven See {shave}
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