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Definition of Shaving

1. Noun. The act of removing hair with a razor.

2. Noun. A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something.

3. Noun. The act of brushing against while passing.

Definition of Shaving

1. n. The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.

Definition of Shaving

1. Noun. A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of shave) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shaving

1. something shaved off [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shaving

shave biopsy shaveable shaved shavehooks shaveling shavelings shaven shavers shaves shavetail

shavetails shavie shavies shaving (current term) shaving-brush tree shaving brush shaving cramp shaving cream shaving creams shaving foam

shaving soap shavings shaw shawarma shawarmas shawed shawing shawirma

Literary usage of Shaving

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punches and Dies: Layout, Construction and Use by Frank Arthur Stanley (1919)
"OTHER FORMS OF DIES It will be noticed that all of the examples of shaving dies illustrated in this chapter are provided with guide pins or pillars to ..."

2. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiologic Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1915)
"In regard to shaving, it may be said that it is always a good plan for a man to practise shaving himself and so avoid any possible danger of infection from ..."

3. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiologic Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1917)
"In regard to shaving, it may be said that it is always a good plan for a man to practise shaving himself and so avoid any possible danger of infection from ..."

4. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiologic Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1917)
"In regard to shaving, it may be said that it is always a good plan for a man to practise shaving himself and so avoid any possible danger of infection from ..."

5. A Manual of Personal Hygiene by Walter Lytle Pyle (1900)
"In regard to shaving, it may be said that it is always a good plan for a man to practise shaving himself and so avoid any possible danger of infection from ..."

6. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiologic Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1912)
"In regard to shaving, it may be said that it is always a good plan for a man to practise shaving himself and so avoid any possible danger of infection from ..."

7. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiologic Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle, May E. Young (1910)
"In regard to shaving, it may be said that it is always a good plan for a man to practise shaving himself and so avoid any possible danger of infection from ..."

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