■ verb
1》 cut the hair off one's face with a razor.
↘cut the hair off (a person or part of the body) with a razor.
2》 cut (a thin slice or slices) off something.
3》 reduce by a small amount.
4》 pass or send something very close to.
■ noun
1》 an act of shaving.
2》 a tool for shaving very thin slices or layers from wood.
Origin
OE sc(e)afan , of Gmc origin.