SHAVING Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of shaving

as in clipping

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verb

present participle of shave

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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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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Recent Examples of shaving

Noun

The shaving of a woman’s hair or her public shaming for ‘sharing’ her body is a very old concept. — Marta Balaga, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026 To help conserve water resources, neighboring residents and visitors are asked to limit their showers to five minutes or less, turn off faucets when shaving or brushing teeth, flush toilets selectively and only wash laundry in full loads. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

Verb

Current standalone pricing for LPCAMM2 modules on Framework's website is $800 for the 32GB kit and $1,600 for the 64GB kit, so even shaving $50 off that would be welcome. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026 This is the approach taken by Verdantas, whose results now include shaving cycle time from between 10 and 14 days to hours. — Chris Stegh, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shaving

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Noun

Her digital-first mentality, bolstered by reshares and organic clipping from fans online, is exactly what helped an A&R at Artist House discover her on TikTok last year.

— Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026
While basic clipping remains a popular marketing method, creators often hire these editors to make meatier videos — whether short-form or hour-long podcasts.

— Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of clipping

Verb

Upgrading to the Thrust Variant requires a $245,000 follow-up payment and adds SpaceX cold-gas rear thrusters alongside an active multi-mode fan system for downforce, cutting acceleration down to under a second.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
And by cutting China off, Washington gave Beijing every reason to build its own alternatives.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of cutting

Verb

In one scene, Evans stands completely naked in the shower, brushing his teeth with the bathroom door wide open and the cameras rolling, as Fielder stands awkwardly nearby.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
What if brushing your hair could do far more than simply detangling?

— Laura Sandroni, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of brushing

Noun

From there, Bono and McDaid did a rewrite of the lyrics to make it about a mother watching her family splinter, and, the magazine says, Parton agreed to sing the new Bono/McDaid version of her tune.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Pushing those briars aside revealed a single splinter of stained glass, bright as a ruby and warm as blood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of splinter

Verb

Rather than trimming that weight, Fukushima's lab asked whether anything needed to be worn at all.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026
Spectator interference became the ruling, and Volpe was awarded an RBI double that scored Lombard from first base, trimming Tampa Bay's lead to 4-3.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of trimming

Verb

The trailer begins as Ziegler’s Mae frantically asks family friend Benny, played by a sleepy Rob Lowe, for help after her big mistake — kissing the wrong brother between Graham Phillips’ Andrew and Elias Kacavas’ Theo.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
Shortly after, Lara said her friend was kissing the man near a wall before the pair disappeared.

— Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of kissing

Noun

Up there like the queen of it all is this big platelike moon with a sliver out of it at the three-o’clock position.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
The idiosyncratic biopic makes the right choices, giving us in a sliver of time the dailiness of a working life with its gossip, money worries, and ongoing projects dwindling or cresting or inching forward.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

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