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Antonyms for shave

Grammar : Verb
Spell : sheyv
Phonetic Transcription : ʃeɪv


Definition of shave

Origin :
  • Old English sceafan (strong verb, past tense scof, past participle scafen), "to scrape, shave, polish," from Proto-Germanic *skaban (cf. Old Norse skafa, Middle Dutch scaven, German schaben, Gothic skaban "scratch, shave, scrape"), from PIE *skabh-, collateral form of root *(s)kep- "to cut, to scrape, to hack" (see scabies). Related: Shaved; shaving. Original strong verb status is preserved in past tense form shaven. Specifically in reference to cutting the hair close from mid-13c. Figurative sense of "to strip (someone) of money or possessions" is attested from late 14c.
  • verb cut outer covering off
Example sentences :
  • After I got home I did not shave for two days, and scarcely ever spoke.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Being here, I may as well have a shave, and get trimmed close.'
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • All right—and I'll profit by the opportunity to have a shave.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • I could see him a little better, if he'd shave himself, and get his hair cut.'
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • No shower, no shave, no quiet dinner, no walk; all that would have to come later.
  • Extract from : « The Second Voice » by Mann Rubin
  • He was trembling as Sapt told him how the land lay, and bade him shave me.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • He couldn't have been more than eighteen when we first met him, for he never had to shave.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • “It is strange that they do not shave their heads as do our people,” Chebron said.
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
  • They do not shave their heads as we do, and they generally let the hair on their faces grow.
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
  • He said he would walk with me and told his valet to shave him.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

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