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shave

/ˈʃeɪv/SHAYV
/ˈʃeɪv/SHAYV

Meaningscrape or shave

Common meaning: remove hair with a blade

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SKAP‘dig, scrape, shave, shape’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 403, p. 744 · scan
  2. Old Englishsceafan‘scrape or shave’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishshavensource
  4. Englishshave‘remove hair with a blade’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English sceafan ‘scrape or shave’.

Roots

  • sceafan Old English “scrape or shave”

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