1
as in cutting
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
he always shaves most of his hair off when the weather starts getting warmer
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2
as in brushing
to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing
just shaved the concrete post as the car turned the corner
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Recent Examples of shaving
Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Chomps launched with an original beef stick and a jalapeño flavor beef stick (made with real jalapeño shavings).
—Andrew Watman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Lovely amenities in each room includes eye-level safes, bedside reading lamps, multiple shaving/makeup mirrors, towel warmers, a bathroom scale, and footlights in the spacious walk-in shower showers.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
This involved painful bouts of bleaching, shaving, waxing and chemicals, which left her burned and bruised.
—Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The hiring window, open through March 17, reduces the FAA’s hiring process from eight steps to five, shaving months off the timeline.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025
Chomps launched with an original beef stick and a jalapeño flavor beef stick (made with real jalapeño shavings).
—Andrew Watman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Lovely amenities in each room includes eye-level safes, bedside reading lamps, multiple shaving/makeup mirrors, towel warmers, a bathroom scale, and footlights in the spacious walk-in shower showers.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
This involved painful bouts of bleaching, shaving, waxing and chemicals, which left her burned and bruised.
—Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shaving
Noun
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Food waste, cardboard, newspapers, grass clippings, dead leaves, sticks, stumps.—
Jill Lepore,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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Start by cutting the lawn very low and raking the planting area to remove the clippings, dead grass, and other debris.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Rodents have bones, which can choke the cat while eating them, or break into splinters and damage their intestines.—
Nina Turner,
Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2024
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Raw edges add to the appeal but may cause splinters when handling.—
BestReviews,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The couple can be seen having a blast as Hart took the clippers and started trimming Wilkerson's beard in various ways, eventually splitting it into three long strands.—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Melissa Joan Hart is showing off her impressive beard-trimming skills!—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The accusations include inappropriate touching and forcibly kissing an intern.—
Steve Bittenbender | The Center Square contributor,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
23 Dec. 2024
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The compilation video included clips of the couple dancing around a living room as laser lights bounced off the ceiling, Payne playfully dragging Cassidy around by her feet, the couple posing together at Disneyland, eating pizza in a kitchen, sledding on a snowy hill and kissing at a restaurant.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Ukraine seized a sliver of western Russia in August as a bargaining chip, but its grip there is weakening, according to open-source maps of the war and Russian estimates.—
Guy Faulconbridge and Marina Bobrova,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
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But don’t picture slivers of beef sizzling on the hibachi at Benihana.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The set includes an 8-inch chef knife, 8-inch bread knife, 8-inch slicing knife, a 7-inch Santoku knife, 5-inch utility knife, and 3.5-inch paring knife.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Mar. 2025
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Just as the interior of the house may benefit from a paring down for selling, so too could the yard.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Shaving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shaving. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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