1
as in cutting
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
he always shaves most of his hair off when the weather starts getting warmer
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2
as in brushing
to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing
just shaved the concrete post as the car turned the corner
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Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 4 Sep. 2024
The Gillette Labs Heated Razor is the Rolls Royce of shaving implements.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 21 Sep. 2024
Severin Borenstein, a UC Berkeley professor who heads the Energy Institute at Haas, said an inventory mandate could end up shaving price spikes a bit, but his research shows the main problem occurs closer to the retail level, where pricing remains opaque.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
This prefaced an inheritance saga involving an engraved shaving razor made in London, a walnut case, a piece of parchment, and a Pennsylvania congressman who allegedly borrowed the razor and misplaced it at a World’s Fair, losing Pontsler’s family’s treasure for all time.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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Noun
After Speed moved home to Kentucky to take over his father’s plantation, Lincoln was left so distraught that he was put on suicide watch, with his friends take his shaving kit away.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 4 Sep. 2024
The Gillette Labs Heated Razor is the Rolls Royce of shaving implements.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 21 Sep. 2024
Severin Borenstein, a UC Berkeley professor who heads the Energy Institute at Haas, said an inventory mandate could end up shaving price spikes a bit, but his research shows the main problem occurs closer to the retail level, where pricing remains opaque.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
This prefaced an inheritance saga involving an engraved shaving razor made in London, a walnut case, a piece of parchment, and a Pennsylvania congressman who allegedly borrowed the razor and misplaced it at a World’s Fair, losing Pontsler’s family’s treasure for all time.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Shaving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shaving. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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