Definitions
1.verbTo make bald or shorter by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
2.verbTo cut anything in this fashion."The labourer with the bending scythe is seen / Shaving the surface of the waving green."
3.verbTo remove hair from one's face by this means."I had little time to shave this morning."
4.verbTo cut finely, as with slices of meat.
5.verbTo skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
6.verbTo reduce in size or weight.
7.verbTo be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
8.verbTo buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows.