verb🔗ShareRaserTo 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."He spends ten minutes every morning shaving his beard. "Il passe dix minutes chaque matin à se raser la barbe.appearancebodyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRaserTo cut anything in this fashion."The labourer with the bending scythe is seen / Shaving the surface of the waving green."On voit le laboureur à la faux courbée raser la surface du vert ondoyant.actionbodyappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSe raserTo remove hair from one's face by this means."I had little time to shave this morning."Je n'ai pas eu beaucoup de temps pour me raser ce matin.bodyappearanceactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTrancher finementTo cut finely, as with slices of meat."The deli worker was carefully shaving thin slices of roast beef for my sandwich. "L'employé de l'épicerie tranchait soigneusement de fines tranches de rosbif pour mon sandwich.foodutensilactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRaser, effleurerTo skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing."The seagull was shaving the surface of the water, searching for fish. "Le goéland rasait la surface de l'eau, à la recherche de poissons.actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRéduire, diminuerTo reduce in size or weight."The company is shaving costs by reducing travel expenses. "L'entreprise réduit les coûts en diminuant les frais de déplacement.actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTromper, escroquerTo be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat."The mechanic was shaving me by charging $500 for a repair that should have cost $200. "Le mécanicien m'a escroqué en me facturant 500 $ pour une réparation qui aurait dû coûter 200 $.businesseconomymoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEscompter, pratiquer l'escompteTo 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."The loan shark was shaving the promissory notes from desperate borrowers, charging exorbitant interest rates that far exceeded the legal limit. "L'usurier escomptait les billets à ordre des emprunteurs désespérés, facturant des taux d'intérêt exorbitants qui dépassaient de loin la limite légale.businessfinancelawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCopeauA thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material."The carpenter swept up the shaving of wood from the floor after carving the chair leg. "Le charpentier a balayé les copeaux de bois du sol après avoir sculpté le pied de la chaise.materialpartthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRasageThe action of having a shave."My dad enjoys a relaxing hot shower before his morning shaving. "Mon père apprécie une douche chaude relaxante avant son rasage matinal.bodyappearanceactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading