Shave vs. Save
Shaveverb
(transitive) To 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.
Shaveverb
(transitive) To cut anything in this fashion.
Shaveverb
(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.
Shaveverb
(transitive) To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
Shaveverb
To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
Shaveverb
To reduce in size or weight.
Shaveverb
To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
Shaveverb
To 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.
Shavenoun
An instance of shaving.
Shavenoun
A thin slice; a shaving.
Shavenoun
An exorbitant discount on a note.
Shavenoun
A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.
Shavenoun
A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave.
Shavenoun
(informal) A narrow miss or escape; a close shave.
Shave
obs. p. p. of Shave.
Shaveverb
To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.
Shaveverb
To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself.
Shaveverb
To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
Shaveverb
To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
Shaveverb
To strip; to plunder; to fleece.
Shaveverb
To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat.
Shavenoun
A thin slice; a shaving.
Shavenoun
A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.
Shavenoun
An exorbitant discount on a note.
Shavenoun
A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.
Shavenoun
The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave.
Shavenoun
the act of removing hair with a razor
Shaveverb
remove body hair with a razor
Shaveverb
cut closely;
Shaveverb
cut the price of
Shaveverb
cut or remove with or as if with a plane;
Shaveverb
make shavings of or reduce to shavings;
Shaveverb
touch the surface of lightly;
Savenoun
In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
Savenoun
(baseball) When a relief pitcher comes into a game leading by 3 points (runs) or less, and his team wins while continually being ahead.
Savenoun
A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
Savenoun
(computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
Savenoun
(RPG) A saving throw.
Saveverb
(transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty.
Saveverb
To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
Saveverb
To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
Saveverb
To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
Saveverb
(theology) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
Saveverb
(sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
Saveverb
To put aside, to avoid.
Saveverb
(transitive) To store for future use.
Saveverb
(transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
Saveverb
(transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
Saveverb
To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
Saveverb
(intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
Saveverb
To accumulate money or valuables.
Savepreposition
Except; with the exception of.
Saveconjunction
(dated) unless; except
Savenoun
The herb sage, or salvia.
Saveverb
To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.
Saveverb
Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.
Saveverb
To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
Saveverb
To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.
Saveverb
To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
Saveverb
To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
Saveverb
To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
Save
Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.
Saveconjunction
Except; unless.
Savenoun
(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring;
Saveverb
save from ruin, destruction, or harm
Saveverb
to keep up and reserve for personal or special use;
Saveverb
bring into safety;
Saveverb
spend less; buy at a reduced price
Saveverb
feather one's nest; have a nest egg;
Saveverb
make unnecessary an expenditure or effort;
Saveverb
save from sins
Saveverb
refrain from harming
Saveverb
spend sparingly, avoid the waste of;
Saveverb
retain rights to;
