word-vault/dist/data/cards/sh/shave.json

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{
    "term": "shave",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "image": "data/images/bo/body_hair.png",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "shave",
            "heSheIt": "shaves"
        },
        "pastSimple": "shaved",
        "pastParticiple": "shaved",
        "ingForm": "shaving"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to cut hair from the skin, especially the face, using a razor",
            "sensetop": "shave somebody/something/yourself",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Mike cut himself shaving."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The nurse washed and shaved him.",
                    "contextForm": "shave somebody/something/yourself"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a shaved head"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has completely shaved his head."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I cut myself when I was shaving."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Appearance"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to cut a small amount off a price, etc.",
            "sensetop": "shave something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The firm had shaved profit margins."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃeɪv/",
                "audio": "sh/shave/shave__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃeɪvz/",
                "audio": "sh/shave/shaves__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃeɪvd/",
                "audio": "sh/shave/shaved__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sh/shave/shaving__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃeɪv/",
                "audio": "sh/shave/shave__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃeɪvz/",
                "audio": "sh/shave/shaves__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃeɪvd/",
                "audio": "sh/shave/shaved__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sh/shave/shaving__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English sc(e)afan ‘scrape away the surface of (something) by paring’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaven and German schaben."
}