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Definitions for Shaving

[1] Often shavings. a very thin piece or slice, especially of wood.
[2] the act of a person or thing that shaves.
[3] to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
[4] to remove hair from (the face, legs, etc.) by cutting it off close to the skin with a razor.
[5] to cut off (hair, especially the beard) close to the skin with a razor (often followed by off or away ).
[6] to cut or scrape away the surface of with a sharp-edged tool: to shave hides in preparing leather.
[7] to reduce to shavings or thin slices: to shave wood.
[8] to cut or trim closely: to shave a lawn.
[9] to scrape, graze, or come very near to: The car just shaved the garage door.
[10] Commerce . to purchase (a note) at a rate of discount greater than is legal or customary.
[11] to reduce or deduct from: The store shaved the price of winter suits in the spring.
[12] the act, process, or an instance of shaving or being shaved.
[13] a thin slice; a shaving.
[14] any of various tools for shaving, scraping, removing thin slices, etc.
[15] a thin paring or slice, esp of wood, that has been shaved from something
[16] used when shaving the face, etc shaving cream
[17] (also intr) to remove (the beard, hair, etc) from (the face, head, or body) by scraping the skin with a razor
[18] to cut or trim very closely
[19] to reduce to shavings
[20] to remove thin slices from (wood, etc) with a sharp cutting tool; plane or pare
[21] to touch or graze in passing
[22] informal to reduce (a price) by a slight amount
[23] US commerce to purchase (a commercial paper) at a greater rate of discount than is customary or legal
[24] the act or an instance of shaving
[25] any tool for scraping
[26] a thin slice or shaving
[27] an instance of barely touching something
[28] close shave informal a narrow escape

Words related to Shaving

trim, pare, kiss, shred, skim, brush, slash, shear, prune, cut, peel, clip, strip, decorticate, crop, graze, plane, barber, skin, touch

Words nearby Shaving

shaver, shavetail, shavian, shaviana, shavie, shaving, shaving brush, shaving cream, shaving horse, shaving soap, shavuot

Origin of Shaving

ebefore 900; (v.) Middle English schaven, schafen, Old English sc(e)afan; cognate with Dutch schaven to plane (a plank), abrade (the skin), Low German schaven, German schaben, Old Norse skafa to scrape, Gothic skaban to shear, shave; (noun) Middle English schave tool for shaving, Old English sc(e)afa, derivative of the v.

Other words from Shaving

shav·a·ble , shave·a·ble , adjective
re·shave , verb re·shaved, re·shav·ing.
un·shav·a·ble , adjective
un·shave·a·ble , adjective
un·shaved , adjective
well-shaved , adjective

Word origin for Shaving

eOld English sceafan; related to Old Norse skafa, Gothic skaban to shave, Latin scabere to scrape

Synonyms for Shaving

brush, cut down, kiss, pare, prune, shear, shred, skim, slash, trim, barber, clip, crop, cut, decorticate, graze, peel, plane, shingle, skin, sliver, strip, touch, cut back, make bare, slice thin