| NOUN | act | shave, shaving | the act of removing hair / hair with a razor |
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| VERB | body | shave | remove body hair with a razor |
| contact | shave, trim | cut closely | |
| possession | shave, knock off | cut the price of | |
| contact | shave, plane | cut or remove with or as if with a plane / plane | |
| contact | shave | make shavings of or reduce to shavings | |
| contact | shave | touch the surface of lightly |
| Sounds | shey'v | |
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| Rhymes | airwave ... wave / Wave: 29 rhymes with eyv... | |
| Meaning | The act of removing hair / hair with a razor. | |
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| Synonym | shaving | |
| Narrower | tonsure | shaving the crown of the head by priests / priests or members of a monastic order |
| Broader | depilation, epilation | The act of removing hair (as from an animal skin) |
| Verbs | shave | remove body hair with a razor |
| Meaning | Remove body hair with a razor. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They shave their hair | |
| Narrower | razor | shave with a razor |
| tonsure | shave the head of a newly inducted monk | |
| Broader | groom, neaten | care for one's external appearance |
| Nouns | shave, shaving | the act of removing hair / hair with a razor |
| shaver | a razor powered by an electric motor | |
| shaver | an adult male who shaves | |
| Meaning | cut closely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They shave their hair | |
| Synonym | trim | |
| Narrower | fleece, shear | shear the wool from |
| Broader | cut | shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of |
| Catalan | retallar, tallar | |
| Spanish | recortar | |
| Meaning | cut the price of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | knock off | |
| Narrower | mark down | Reduce the price of |
| Broader | reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down | cut down on |
| Meaning | cut or remove with or as if with a plane / plane. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" | |
| Synonym | plane | |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Meaning | make shavings of or reduce to shavings. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The chefs shave the vegetables | |
| Example | "shave the radish" | |
| Broader | carve, cut up | cut to pieces |
| Nouns | shaving | a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something |
| Meaning | touch the surface of lightly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "His back shaved the counter in passing" | |
| Narrower | skive | Remove the surface of |
| Broader | graze, crease, rake | scrape gently |
| Nouns | shaving | the act of brushing / brushing against while passing |