'Shaving' definitions:
Definition of 'shaving'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Shaving'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Shaving'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'shaving'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acomia,
- afterglow,
- afterimage,
- alopecia,
- balance,
- baldhead,
- baldness,
- baldpate,
- baldy,
- beardlessness,
- bit,
- bones,
- butt,
- butt end,
- candle ends,
- chaff,
- chip,
- chunk,
- clip,
- clipping,
- collop,
- crumb,
- culm,
- cut,
- cutting,
- dandruff,
- deadwood,
- debris,
- depilation,
- depilatory,
- detritus,
- dishwater,
- dollop,
- draff,
- dregs,
- dust,
- end,
- fag end,
- filings,
- flake,
- floccule,
- flocculus,
- flock,
- fossil,
- fragment,
- garbage,
- gash,
- gob,
- gobbet,
- gruel,
- hair remover,
- hairlessness,
- hogwash,
- holdover,
- hunk,
- husks,
- lath,
- leavings,
- lees,
- leftovers,
- lump,
- mere shadow,
- modicum,
- moiety,
- morsel,
- odds and ends,
- offal,
- offscourings,
- orts,
- paper,
- paring,
- parings,
- particle,
- piece,
- potsherds,
- rags,
- rail,
- rake,
- rasher,
- raspings,
- refuse,
- relics,
- remainder,
- remains,
- remnant,
- residue,
- residuum,
- rest,
- roach,
- rubbish,
- ruins,
- rump,
- sawdust,
- scale,
- scoop,
- scourings,
- scrap,
- scrap iron,
- scraps,
- scum,
- scurf,
- shadow,
- shard,
- shards,
- shavings,
- shiver,
- shred,
- skeleton,
- slack,
- slag,
- slat,
- slice,
- slip,
- sliver,
- slop,
- slops,
- smithereen,
- snack,
- snatch,
- snip,
- snippet,
- soup,
- splinter,
- stitch,
- straw,
- streak,
- stubble,
- stump,
- survival,
- sweepings,
- swill,
- tares,
- tatter,
- tonsure,
- trace,
- vein,
- vestige,
- wafer,
- wastage,
- waste,
- waste matter,
- wastepaper,
- weeds