to shave
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1.9
- verb
- /ʃeɪv/
:
quitar una capa fina
- To improve the flavor, you can shave a bit of ginger into your tea.
Get a little lemon and shave that lemon.
- Get a little lemon and shave that lemon.
- They kind of sort of shaved down my brow bone.
- You know, he shaved this as well to get the, get the collar off.
- It can be cut, bent, shaved, you know, ground down and shaped to be very custom.
- Please shave those yellow nasty nubs.
Examples
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So a veneer is when they shave your tooth down to a little nub.
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Now, the first thing you wanna do is make sure that you got that meat nice and shaved up.
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This one right here, and then probably shave up just a little bit of that.
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Next we're going to shave everything.
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I like the volume on the top, but let's shave a little bit more here.
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With the blade, you shave high and fill low.
Academic text (2000) -
OK, so last thing to do is to shave off this log factor of space.
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We're not trying to shave down the canvas, we're just trying to scrape off the glue.
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The women pushed the ear of corn through the hole, shaving the kernels from the cob.
Academic text (2006) -
Before you serve the dish, make sure to shave some fresh parmesan cheese on top.
Synonyms
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1.0
To cut something into thin flat pieces with a knife
95
2.6
Cut something to make it smaller or neater
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6.2
To cut small pieces from wood with a knife
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4.8
To cut away the thin outer layer or the edges of things like fruit and wood
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9.9
To cut off a thin layer from leather or rubber to make it thinner
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7.5
To make a surface smooth by shaving thin layers of wood
To remove the outer skin from fruit or vegetables
Antonyms
Compounds
A scented lotion men use on their face after shaving to soothe and refresh the skin
How Thin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shave in the sense of cutting thin slices comes from the old idea of 'scraping' or 'cutting thin layers', and we still call the thin pieces 'shavings'. So to shave cheese, wood, or vegetables is to cut them into very thin slices or curls.