shave

1. 1.

   the act of removing hair with a razor

   Synonymsshaving

   Broaderdepilation

   Narrowertonsure

Other forms of shave

plural

shaves·

past tense or participle

shaven

present participle

shaving·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shave

What does shave mean?

shave means "remove body hair with a razor". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shave?

shave has 1 syllable: shave. In IPA it is /ˈʃeɪv/.

What is another word for shave?

Close synonyms include trim, knock off, plane, shaving. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shave a common word?

shave is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.