shaving

Meaning of shaving

verb
  1. 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.
  2. To cut anything in this fashion.
    The labourer with the bending scythe is seen / Shaving the surface of the waving green.
  3. To remove hair from one's face by this means.
    I had little time to shave this morning.
  4. To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
  5. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
  6. To reduce in size or weight.
  7. To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
  8. 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.
noun
  1. A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
  2. The action of having a shave.

Information about shaving

  • The plural form of shaving is: shavings.
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Hyphenation of shaving

shav-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • shaving is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

shaving synonyms

Meaning shave:

shave

Meaning paring:

paring, sliver

Meaning grazing:

grazing, skimming

Anagrams of shaving

havings

Words that rhyme with shaving

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