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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

point shave en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of point-shave.
    • Eventually he got involved with a former student-athlete from Notre Dame, who requested the athlete at Northwestern point shave and made financial arrangements. 2000, Robert A. Mertzman, Voices in Sports and Society, page 287:
    • A more complete analysis would take account of the possibilities that many of those point shaving would have otherwise beaten the spread by a large margin; that some of those agreeing to point shave will accidentally cover the spread; and that yet others will shave too vigorously, losing the game. 2006, The American Economic Review - Volume 96, page 282:
    • The athlete at Northwestern who point shaved had been involved with a student bookmaker and was over $ 7,000 in debt. 2000, Robert A. Mertzman, Voices in Sports and Society, page 287:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
point shaving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
point shaves Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
point shaved Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
point shaved Tense=Past lexicographic