Bald vs. Shave — What's the Difference?

Lacking hair on the head.

To remove the beard or other body hair from, with a razor or shaver

Lacking a natural or usual covering

To cut (the beard, for example) at the surface of the skin with a razor or shaver.

Lacking treads

To crop, trim, or mow closely

(Zoology) Having white feathers or markings on the head, as in some birds or mammals.

To remove thin slices from

Lacking ornamentation; unadorned.

To cut or scrape into thin slices; shred

Undisguised; blunt

To come close to or graze in passing.

Having no hair, fur or feathers.

(transitive) To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.

(specifically) Having no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head although hair may still grow on the sides and back of the head.

(transitive) To cut anything in this fashion.

Having areas (of fur or plumage) that are coloured white, especially on the head.

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

(by extension) Denuded of any covering.

(transitive) To cut finely, as with slices of meat.

Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.

To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.

Unembellished.

To reduce in size or weight.

Without evidence or support being provided.

To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.

(Appalachian) A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

To 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.

(intransitive) To become bald.

An instance of shaving.

Destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.

A thin slice; a shaving.

Destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.

An exorbitant discount on a note.

Undisguised.

A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.

Destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.

A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave.

Destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.

(informal) A narrow miss or escape; a close shave.

Destitute of the natural covering.

To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.

Grow bald; lose hair on one's head;

To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself.

With no effort to conceal;

To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.

Without the natural or usual covering;

To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.

Lacking hair on all or most of the scalp;

To strip; to plunder; to fleece.

To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat.

A thin slice; a shaving.

A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.

An exorbitant discount on a note.

A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.

The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave.

The act of removing hair with a razor

Remove body hair with a razor

Cut closely;

Cut the price of

Cut or remove with or as if with a plane;

Make shavings of or reduce to shavings;

Touch the surface of lightly;