shaving

Noun
Synonyms: shaveparingslivergrazingskimming

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the act of removing hair with a razorSynonyms: shave
  2. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from somethingSynonyms: paringsliver
  3. the act of brushing against while passingSynonyms: grazingskimming
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Shave \Shave\, v. t. [imp. Shaved (sh[=a]vd);p. p. Shaved or Shaven (sh[=a]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaving.] [OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D. schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth. scaban, Russ. kopate to dig, Gr. ska`ptein, and probably to L. scabere to scratch, to scrape. Cf. Scab, Shaft, Shape.]

1.To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard. [1913 Webster]

2.To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself. [1913 Webster]

I'll shave your crown for this.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of the waving green.— Gay.[1913 Webster]

3.To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices. [1913 Webster]

Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

4.To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing. [1913 Webster]

Now shaves with level wing the deep.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

5.To strip; to plunder; to fleece. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

To shave a note, to buy it at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows. [Cant, U.S.] [1913 Webster]

Shaving \Shav"ing\, n.

1.The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor. [1913 Webster]

2.That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument. "Shaving of silver." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Shaving brush, a brush used in lathering the face preparatory to shaving it. [1913 Webster]

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