shave, v.
(shaven, shaves, shaving)
freq. cnt. 9
(shaven, shaves, shaving)
freq. cnt. 9
remove body hair with a razor
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8
shave
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s their hair
cut closely
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
shave trim
sample sentences
"trim my beard"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s somebody
Something ----s something
They %s their hair
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s somebody
Something ----s something
They %s their hair
touch the surface of lightly
<verb.contact>
shave
sample sentences
"His back shaved the counter in passing"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
make shavings of or reduce to shavings
<verb.contact>
shave
sample sentences
"shave the radish"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
The chefs %s the vegetables
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
cut or remove with or as if with a plane
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
plane shave
sample sentences
"The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
cut the price of
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
knock off shave
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym