v.
- cut the hair off one's face with a razor.
▸cut the hair off (a person or part of the body) with a razor.
- cut (a thin slice or slices) off something.
- reduce by a small amount.
- pass or send something very close to.
n.
- an act of shaving.
- a tool for shaving very thin slices or layers from wood.
Etymology
OE sc(e)afan, of Gmc origin.