shave
part of speech
verb (shave, shaves, shaved, shaving); noun (a shave, shaves)
meaning for a pupil
1) To cut hair off very close to the skin with a razor, as men do on their face. tree →
2) To cut very thin pieces off something: "shave chocolate". tree →
3) A close shave: when you only just avoid danger. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life many men shave their face; some people shave legs or heads. In hygiene and growing-up lessons, older children learn about shaving safely. "A close shave" is used in stories about nearly having an accident. Phrases: close shave, shave off, a clean shave.
examples
- Dad shaves every morning. tree →
- Grandpa shaved off his beard. tree →
- That was a close shave: the car nearly hit us! tree →
- Shave some chocolate onto the cake. tree →
- He needs a shave. tree →
- Some people shave their heads for charity. tree →
- The carpenter shaved a bit off the door so it would close. tree →
note
Regular verb: shave, shaved (also "shaven" as an adjective: "a shaven head"). Safety: razors are sharp; children should not use them without an adult. Myth: shaving does not make hair grow back thicker.
In the corpora
- Tiger stripes are on the skin as well as the fur, so a shaved tiger would still look striped.
- Shaving does not change how thick, dark or fast hair grows; cut hair just has a blunt tip that feels coarser.
- And he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
- then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
- Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «shave» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.