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Meaning of shave

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  shave
      n 1: the act of removing hair with a razor [syn: {shave},
           {shaving}]
      v 1: remove body hair with a razor
      2: cut closely; "trim my beard" [syn: {shave}, {trim}]
      3: cut the price of [syn: {shave}, {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},
         {shave}]
      5: make shavings of or reduce to shavings; "shave the radish"
      6: touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in
         passing"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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