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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. I'll shave your crown for this. Shak. The laborer with the…

Having the surface smooth and polished; -- said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc.

A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game.

any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Volva, or Radius, having a smooth, spindle- shaped shell prolonged into a channel at each end.

Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. "Silken terms precise." Shak.

The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.

Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.

To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Pope.

Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical. [Prov. Eng.] Slape ale, plain ale, as opposed to medicated or mixed ale. [Prov. Eng.]

Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair. Chaucer. So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make. Dryden.

In a sleek manner; smoothly.

The quality or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossiness of surface.

Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance. Thomson.

Sleek; smooth. "Both slick and dainty." Chapman.

Sleek; smooth. [Prov. Eng.]

The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.

That which makes smooth or sleek. Specifically:

The act or process of smoothing.

The state or quality of being slick; smoothness; sleekness.

Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet. They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. Waller.