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Noun shaving has 3 senses
- shave, shaving - the act of removing hair with a razor
--1 is a kind of depilation, epilation
--1 has particulars: tonsure
- paring, sliver, shaving - a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
--2 is a kind of fragment
--2 has particulars: splint
- grazing, shaving, skimming - the act of brushing against while passing
--3 is a kind of touch, touching
Verb shave has 6 senses
- shave - remove body hair with a razor
--1 is one way to groom, neaten
Sample sentence:
They shave their hair
- shave, trim - cut closely; "trim my beard"
--2 is one way to cut
Sample sentence:
They shave their hair
- shave, knock off - cut the price of
--3 is one way to reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- plane, shave - cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
--4 is one way to cut
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- shave - make shavings of or reduce to shavings; "shave the radish"
--5 is one way to carve, cut up
Sample sentence:
The chefs shave the vegetables
- shave - touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"
--6 is one way to graze, crease, rake
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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