shave
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of removing hair with a razor
Types & categories
- depilation hypernym
- tonsure hyponym
Related & opposite
- shave derivation
Sense 2 verb
remove body hair with a razor
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- shaving derivation
- electric shaver derivation
- shaver derivation
Sense 3 verb
cut closely
trim my beard
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- clipping derivation
Sense 4 verb
cut the price of
Types & categories
Sense 5 verb
cut or remove with or as if with a plane
The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood
Types & categories
- cut hypernym
Related & opposite
- carpenter's plane derivation
- planer derivation
Sense 6 verb
make shavings of or reduce to shavings
shave the radish
Types & categories
- cut up hypernym
Related & opposite
- paring derivation
Sense 7 verb
touch the surface of lightly
His back shaved the counter in passing
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- grazing derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shave |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | depilation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tonsure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shaving |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | electric shaver |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shaver |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | neaten |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | razor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tonsure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | clipping |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fleece |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | reduce |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mark down |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | carpenter's plane |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | planer |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | paring |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut up |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | grazing |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | crease |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | skive |