how to pronounce shave

/ʃɛɪv/

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shave is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of shave in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… Dollar Shave Club is basically giving …”

meaning of shave

Shave means to remove hair from the face, usually with a razor.

shave frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word shave occurs in english on average 5.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics shave can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that shave can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;