an act of shaving hair from the face or a part of the body:you need a shave
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Universal
1 [no object] (of a man) cut the hair off the face with a razor:he washed, shaved, and had breakfast
[with object] cut the hair off (a part of the body) with a razor:she shaved her legs
[with object] cut the hair off the face or another part of the body of (someone) with a razor:his wife washed and shaved him
cut (hair) off with a razor:professional male swimmers shave off their body hair
2 [with object] cut (a thin slice or slices) from the surface of something:scrape a large sharp knife across the surface, shaving off rolls of very fine chocolate
take (a small amount) from something:she shaved 0.5 seconds off the British junior record
reduce by a small amount:they shaved profit margins
3 [with object] pass or send something close to (something else), missing it narrowly:Scott shaved the post in the 29th minute
