Shaving

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A thin slice or sliver, as of wood or metal, that is shaved off.
  • n. The act of one that shaves.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
  • v. Present participle of shave.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.
  • n. That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of one who shaves; the removal of the beard or hair of the head with a razor; the use of a razor for removing the beard.
  • n. A thin slice pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument; especially, a thin slice of wood cut off by a plane or a planing-machine.
  • n. In leather manufacturing, a process which follows skiving, and consists in removing inequalities and roughnesses by means of the curriers' knife, leaving the leather of uniform thickness, and with a fine smooth surface on the flesh side.
  • n. The act of fleecing or defrauding; swindling.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of brushing against while passing
  • n. the act of removing hair with a razor
  • n. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    touch    touching   
    Cross Reference
    paring   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    whittling    excelsior   
    Verb Stem
    shave   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Staving    behaving    braving    caving    craving    engraving    misbehaving    paving    raving    saving   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sawdust    filings    splinter    clipping    twig    shard    straw    moss    mulch    shingle