Index of English words, starting with "sh"

(1) - Shave (v. t.) The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave.
(2) - Shave (v. t.) A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.
(3) - Shave (v. t.) 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.
(4) - Shave (v. t.) An exorbitant discount on a note.
(5) - Shave (v. t.) A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.
(6) - Shave (v. t.) A thin slice; a shaving.
(7) - Shave (v. i.) 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.
(8) - Shave (v. t.) To strip; to plunder; to fleece.
(9) - Shave (v. t.) To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
(10) - Shave (v. t.) To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
(11) - Shave (v. t.) 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.
(12) - Shave (v. t.) 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.
(13) - Shave () obs. p. p. of Shave.

(1) - Shaveling (n.) A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used in contempt.