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To make bald or shorter by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.

To cut anything in this fashion.

Example: The labourer with the bending scythe is seen / Shaving the surface of the waving green.

To remove hair from one's face by this means.

Example: I had little time to shave this morning.

To cut finely, as with slices of meat.

An instance of shaving.

Example: I instructed the barber to give me a shave.

A thin slice; a shaving.

An exorbitant discount on a note.

A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.