shave
/ˈʃeɪ̯v/ verbe B1En français : raser, se raser
- To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
- To cut anything in this fashion.
- To remove hair from one's face by this means. · I had little time to shave this morning.
- To cut finely, for example slices of meat.
- To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
- To reduce in size, weight, time taken etc., usually by a small amount.
- To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows.
- To injure by employing a knife.
He/she/it shaves · Prétérit shaved · Participe passé shaved · Forme en -ing shaving
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- He/she/it
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- Prétérit
- shaved
- Participe passé
- shaved
- Forme en -ing
- shaving
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Dans la bibliothèque
“I’ll settle Miss Anne when she comes home,” said Marilla grimly, as she shaved up kindlings with a carving knife and with more vim than was strictly necessary.
In age he was rather younger than Douglas—forty-five at the most—a tall, straight, broad-chested fellow with a clean-shaved, prize-fighter face, thick, strong, black eyebrows, and a pair of masterful black eyes which might, even without the aid of his very capable hands, clear a way for him through a hostile crowd.
White Mason was a quiet, comfortable-looking person in a loose tweed suit, with a clean-shaved, ruddy face, a stoutish body, and powerful bandy legs adorned with gaiters, looking like a small farmer, a retired gamekeeper, or anything upon earth except a very favourable specimen of the provincial criminal officer.
“Yes, sir, he cut himself in shaving yesterday morning.”
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