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1 lit [barber] raser [person] ; to shave sb's beard off raser la barbe de qn ; to shave one's beard off se raser la barbe ; to shave sb's head raser la tête de qn ; to shave one's legs/head se raser les jambes/la tête ;2 ( plane) raboter [wood] ;3 fig réduire [prices, profits].to have a close shave l'échapper belle ; that was a close shave! je l'ai/il l'a etc échappé belle! -
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shave [ʃeɪv](a) (face, legs etc) raser;∎ the barber shaved him or his face le barbier l'a rasé ou lui a fait la barbe;∎ to shave one's legs/one's head se raser les jambes/la tête∎ can you shave a few millimetres off the bottom of the door? pouvez-vous raboter le bas de la porte de quelques millimètres?∎ the car just shaved the garage door la voiture n'a fait que frôler la porte du garagese raser3 noun∎ to have a shave se raser;∎ you need a shave tu as besoin de te raser;∎ to give sb a shave raser qn; (of barber) faire la barbe à qn∎ to shave off one's beard/moustache/hair se raser la barbe/la moustache/la tête;∎ figurative to shave a few pence off the price faire un rabais de quelques centimes;∎ this has shaved a few points off the government's lead in the polls cela a légèrement rogné l'avance du gouvernement dans les sondages -
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A n1 ( on man) barbe f ; a bushy beard une barbe touffue ; to grow a beard se faire pousser la barbe ; to shave off one's beard se raser la barbe ; to wear a beard porter la barbe ; the man with the beard le barbu ;3 (on wheat, barley) barbe f ;4 ( in typography) talus m (de pied).B vtr affronter.to beard the lion in his den braver le lion dans son antre.
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Leviticus 14 — 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague … The King James version of the Bible