CLOSE SHAVE

Meaning of CLOSE SHAVE in English

/klohs/ , Informal.

a narrow escape from serious danger or trouble: We weren't hit when the truck swerved at us, but it was a close shave.

[ 1825-35, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

CLOSE SHAVE — noun Date: 1834 a narrow escape
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLOSE SHAVE — “- noun : a narrow escape
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOSE SHAVE — miraculous escape, narrow escape from serious danger or trouble, near disaster, near miss
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CLOSE SHAVE — noun Date: 1834 : a narrow escape
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOSE SHAVE — Pronunciation: ' kl ō s-, ' kl ō sh- Function: noun Date: 1834 : a narrow escape
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CLOSE SHAVE — [close shave] n (1834): a narrow escape
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOSE SHAVE — {n. phr.} A narrow escape. * /That sure was a close call when that truck came near us from the …
Slang English vocab
CLOSE SHAVE — See ↑ ALMOST 5, ↑ JUST 4
Longman Activator English vocab
CLOSE SHAVE — See: CLOSE CALL.
Словарь английских идиом
CLOSE SHAVE — (See a close shave)
English Idioms vocab
CLOSE SHAVE — See a close shave
English Idioms vocabulary
CLOSE SHAVE — чистое бритье (разговорное) опасное, рискованное положение; на волосок гибели - we survived but it was a * мы едва выжили, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLOSE SHAVE — Почти неминуемая гибель
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CLOSE SHAVE — 1. чистое бритьё 2. разг. опасное, рискованное положение; на волосок от гибели we survived but it was a close shave …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CLOSE SHAVE — разг. опасное, рискованное положение to have a close shave — быть на волосок от гибели, едва избежать опасности Syn: narrow …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CLOSE SHAVE — 1. чистое бритьё 2. разг. опасное, рискованное положение; ≅ на волосок от гибели we survived but it was a ~ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CLOSE SHAVE — 1. чистое бритьё 2. разг. опасное, рискованное положение; на волосок от гибели we survived but it was a close shave …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CLOSE SHAVE — почти неминуемая гибель
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CLOSE SHAVE — почти неминуемая гибель
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CLOSE SHAVE — разг. опасное, рискованное положение to have a close shave — быть на волосок от гибели, едва избежать опасности Syn: narrow …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CLOSE SHAVE — разг. опасное, рискованное положение to have a close shave — быть на волосок от гибели, едва избежать опасности Syn: narrow escape
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CLOSE SHAVE — опасное, рискованное положение by a close shave - на волосок от; с минимальным преимуществом
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
CLOSE SHAVE — почти неминуемая гибель
English-Russian Online Dictionary
CLOSE SHAVE — n infml He got a place at university but it was a close shave — Ему дали место в университете, а …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
CLOSE SHAVE — n infml He got a place at university but it was a close shave — Ему дали место в университете, …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
CLOSE SHAVE — close shave n infml He got a place at university but it was a close shave Ему дали место в …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
CLOSE SHAVE — He got a place at university but it was a close shave — Ему дали место в университете, а могли …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
CLOSE SHAVE — чистое бритье (разговорное) опасное, рискованное положение; на волосок гибели - we survived but it was a * мы едва выжили, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHAVE — I. ˈshāv verb ( shaved ; shaved or shav·en ˈshāvən ; shaving ; shaves ) Etymology: Middle English shaven, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOSE — I. ˈklōz verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English closen, from Old French clos-, stem of clore, from Latin claudere …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHAVE — (v. t.) To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove …
Английский словарь Webster
SHAVE — (v. t.) To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; …
Английский словарь Webster
SHAVE — () obs. p. p. of Shave.
Английский словарь Webster
SHAVE — obs. p. p. of Shave.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAVE — ( v. t. ) To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAVE — ( v. t. ) To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAVE — ( v. t. ) The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHAVE — — shavable, shaveable , adj. /shayv/ , v. , shaved, shaved or ( esp. in combination ) shaven, shaving , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOSE — — closable, closeable /kloh"zeuh beuhl/ , adj. — closely /klohs"lee/ , adv. — closeness /klohs"nis/ , n. v. /klohz/ ; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOSE — I. ˈklōz verb ( closed ; clos·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French clos-, stem of clore, from Latin claudere …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHAVE — obs. ·p.p. of shave. 2. shave ·vt a thin slice; a shaving. 3. shave ·vt an exorbitant discount on a …
Webster English vocab
CLOSE
Webster English vocab
SHAVE — [shave] vb shaved ; shaved or shav.en ; shav.ing [ME, fr. OE scafan; akin to Lith skobti to pluck, L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOSE — [close] vb closed ; clos.ing [ME, fr. OF clos-, stem of clore, fr. L claudere to shut, close; perh. akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHAVE — shave BrE AmE ʃeɪv ▷ shaved ʃeɪvd ▷ shaves ʃeɪvz ▷ shaving ˈʃeɪv ɪŋ ▶ ˈ shaving cream BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CLOSE — I . / kləʊz; NAmE kloʊz/ verb , noun —see also close (II) ■ verb WINDOW / DOOR, etc. 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAVE — / ʃeɪv; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. to cut hair from the skin, especially the face, using …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAVE — I. shave 1 S3 /ʃeɪv/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: scafan ] 1 . [intransitive and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLOSE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHAVE — v. & n. --v.tr. (past part. shaved or (as adj.) shaven) 1 remove (bristles or hair) from the face etc. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLOSE — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 (often foll. by to) situated at only a short distance or interval. 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHAVE — v. & n. v.tr. (past part. shaved or (as adj.) shaven) 1 remove (bristles or hair) from the face etc. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOSE — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (often foll. by to) situated at only a short distance or interval. 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOSE — 1. adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. (often foll. by to) situated at only a short distance or interval. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
CLOSE — I. SHUTTING OR COMPLETING /kloʊz/ ( closes, closing, closed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAVE — ( shaves, shaving, shaved) 1. When a man shaves , he removes the hair from his face using a razor …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHAVE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES shaving brush shaving cream COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB off ▪ Scrape a large …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLOSE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHAVE — [verb] - to remove (hair) from (the body, esp. a man's face) by cutting it close to the skin with …
Cambridge English vocab
CLOSE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLOSE — I. close verb 1. to fill an opening with an appropriate closure be sure to close the gate Synonyms: ||put …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHAVE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clean , close , smooth ▪ You can get a really close, smooth ~ with this …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CLOSE — See ↑ CAREFUL 5, ↑ COMPUTERS/INTERNET/EMAIL 4, ↑ END 1, ↑ LOVE 3, ↑ NEAR 1, ↑ RELATIONSHIP 2, ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
SHAVE — n. 25B6; verb he shaved his beard : CUT OFF, snip off; crop, trim, barber. shave off excess wood : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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