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Shaving

/ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/

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.

📖 Definitions of "Shaving"

verb
  1. 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. 2

    To cut anything in this fashion.

    "The labourer with the bending scythe is seen / Shaving the surface of the waving green."

  3. 3

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

    "I had little time to shave this morning."

  4. 4

    To cut finely, as with slices of meat.

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    The action of having a shave.

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