v. 1 shear (off), cut (off), trim, clip, crop, snip off, remove He made a mistake in shaving off his beard, as it hid his weak chin 2 pare, scrape, plane, whittle If you shave just a hair off this side, it will fit into the hole
n. 3 close shave. narrow escape, Colloq narrow or near squeak, US squeaker: That was a close shave! - You almost fell out the window!