Shaving

What do we mean by shaving?

A thin slice or sliver, as of wood or metal, that is shaved off. noun

The act of one that shaves. noun

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. noun

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. noun

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. noun

The act of fleecing or defrauding; swindling. noun

The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor. noun

That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument. noun

A brush used in lathering the face preparatory to shaving it. noun

A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material. noun

Present participle of shave. verb

The act of brushing against while passing noun

The act of removing hair with a razor noun

A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something noun

To make bald or shorter by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.

To cut anything in this fashion.

To remove hair from one's face by this means.

To cut finely, as with slices of meat.

To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.

To reduce in size or weight.

To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.

To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows.

Words that are spelled similarly to shaving:
shaving, sharing, saving, shading, having, shaking, shaping, shaming, shoving, staving, slaving, sheaving.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word shaving:
lather, aftershave, shave, tonsure, razor, lotion, pubic, mug, waxing, brushes, moustache, spivey, shaved, beard, plucking, cream, whiskers, eyebrows, trimming, mustache, brush, scalp, hair, foam, scandal, gel, bald, soap, gillette, badger, bathroom, blade, blades, hairs, fixing, facial, barber, oils, bathing, knife, skin, pie, heads, lip, cutting, dressing, kit, cuts, wearing, applying, leather, corners, mirror, ears, head, removal, clothes, legs, cloth, trademark, powder, straight, off, batteries, grow, shoes, tools, products, handle, nba, seconds, substance, horse, scheme, faces, permitted, face, kentucky, remove, clothing, cut.

Words that rhyme with shaving:
craving, saving, raving, engraving, braving, waving, lifesaving, paving, caving, waiving, graving, laving, behaving, flag waving, staving, slaving, face saving, misbehaving, wood engraving, steel engraving, line engraving, halftone engraving, daylight saving, microwaving, dave hung.

Adjectives that are often used to describe shaving:
thin, first, peak, close, fine, daily, clean, complete, preoperative, frequent, careful, little, wet, ceremonial, regular, long, dry, point, constant, wretched, head, wood, actual, electric, busy, continuous, perineal, pubic, final, thick, chondral, hair, mere, preliminary, routine, smooth, partial, recent, easy, operative, after, exclusive, excellent, arthroscopic, tiny, patellar, compulsory, continual, extensive, rotary, thorough, delicate, light, forcible, wide, easier, self, underarm, fresh, worse, minimal, infrequent, diligent, thicker, careless, genital, note, weekly, male, merest, adequate, abominable, slight, conventional, comfortable, funny, rough.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective shaving:
brush, glass, cream, water, ceremony, soap, scandal, mirror, lotion, box, scandals, brushes, chair, scheme, knife, machine, pot, horse, stick, ritual, plants, machines, lotions, shop, dish, market, shears, plant, cup, kit, things, business, cloth, strap, tackle, operation, mug, process, glasses, plan, case, hue, paper, incident, shops, purposes, basin, calculators, sticks, scene, curls, race, schemes, habit, bowl, exercises, tools, precipitation, rite, cloths, facilities, tool, barber, stand.

Consonant match to shaving:
shoving.

Words that sound like shaving:
shaving, shoving, shaven, shavings, saving, waving, raving, jiving, waiving, laving, chavin, shoven, shaking, showing, shivering, shading, shoveling, shelving, shying, shoeing, shovelling, shooing, shavon, shave it, shavonne, chauvin, shewing, shriving, shavie, living, loving, leaving, shovel, having, arriving, weaving, heaving, caving, paving, revving, roving, chafing, cheval, sieving, halving, reaving, riving, hiving, jivin, hoving, reeving, chevin, wiving, reiving, shiva, sheva, chava, shivah, shavian, chevage, shaves, shoval, haven, raven, sharing, shave, chevy, shaved, shaping, shaver, shaming, shagging, shacking, shearing, sheathing, jovan, chevys, ravan, chavo, jeevan, joven, laven, havan, cha-ching, schwing, lavan, chevon, chivvy, savan, chavi, geven, chevaux, juven, sheating, shave ice, schering, schav, shade in, cheven, schussing.