schaven

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxaːvə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -aːvən

From Middle Dutch schāven, from Old Dutch *skavan, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną.

schaven

1. (transitive) to plane, to grate
2. (transitive) to smooth
3. (intransitive) to rub roughly, over a rough surface

• beschaven

See the etymology of the main entry.

schaven

1. Plural form of schaaf

From Old Saxon skavan, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną.

schaven (past schaav, past participle schaavt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (transitive) to scrape; to scratch; to scour; to chafe
2. (intransitive) to scrape
3. (reflexive) to scrape oneself; to scrub oneself
4. (reflexive, figuratively) to shave oneself

• afschaven

from Old Dutch *skavan, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną.

schāven

1. to plane
2. to scrape
3. to shave
4. to grind, to pulverise

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• Dutch: schaven

• “scaven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “schaven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

• shaven, schave, shave

From Old English sċafan, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaːvən/

schaven

1. To scrape or scratch, especially into pieces:
   1. To make sharp or smooth; to hone or whet.
   2. To abrase surgically; to file away.
   3. To rub away or wipe out; to eliminate by abrasion.
2. To razor hair; to use a unpaired blade to cut hair:
   1. To shave; to remove all hair in a given area.
   2. To cut hair closely or fully.
3. To dice or chop off; to eliminate by cutting.

• schaver
• schavynge
• shave

• English: shave
  • Welsh: siafio
• Scots: schave, schaif, schaiff; shaav (through confluence with Norwegian skave)

• “shāven (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-09.