| shaving | | |
| n. (act) | 1. shave, shaving | the act of removing hair with a razor. |
| ~ depilation, epilation | the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin). |
| ~ tonsure | shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order. |
| n. (object) | 2. paring, shaving, sliver | a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something. |
| ~ fragment | a piece broken off or cut off of something else.; "a fragment of rock" |
| ~ splint | a thin sliver of wood.; "he lit the fire with a burning splint" |
| ~ turning | a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe. |
| n. (act) | 3. grazing, shaving, skimming | the act of brushing against while passing. |
| ~ touching, touch | the act of putting two things together with no space between them.; "at his touch the room filled with lights" |
| shave | | |
| v. (body) | 1. shave | remove body hair with a razor. |
| ~ razor | shave with a razor. |
| ~ tonsure | shave the head of a newly inducted monk. |
| ~ neaten, groom | care for one's external appearance.; "He is always well-groomed" |
| v. (contact) | 2. shave, trim | cut closely.; "trim my beard" |
| ~ cut | shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of.; "cut my hair" |
| ~ fleece, shear | shear the wool from.; "shear sheep" |
| v. (possession) | 3. knock off, shave | cut the price of. |
| ~ cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down | cut down on; make a reduction in.; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| ~ mark down | reduce the price of. |
| v. (contact) | 4. plane, shave | cut or remove with or as if with a plane.; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (contact) | 5. shave | make shavings of or reduce to shavings.; "shave the radish" |
| ~ cut up, carve | cut to pieces.; "Father carved the ham" |
| v. (contact) | 6. shave | touch the surface of lightly.; "His back shaved the counter in passing" |
| ~ crease, graze, rake | scrape gently.; "graze the skin" |
| ~ skive | remove the surface of.; "skive leather" |
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