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shave as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
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shaven
adjective
1 shaven
Having the beard or hair cut off close to the skin.
synonym: shaved.
Dutch: geschoren
shave
noun
1 shave
The act of removing hair with a razor.
synonym: shaving.
Roget 546:
untruth,
falsehood,
lie,
story,
thing that is not,
fib,
bounce,
crammer,
taradiddle†,
whopper;
jhuth†.
forgery,
fabrication,
invention;
misstatement,
misrepresentation;
perversion,
falsification,
gloss,
suggestio falsi [Lat.];
exaggeration
etc.
549.
invention,
fabrication,
fiction;
fable,
nursery tale;
romance
etc.
(imagination)
515;
absurd story,
untrue story,
false story,
trumped up story,
trumped up statement;
thing devised by the enemy;
canard;
shave,
sell,
hum,
traveler's tale,
Canterbury tale,
cock and bull story,
fairy tale,
fake;
claptrap.
press agent's yarn;
puff,
puffery
(exaggeration)
549.
myth,
moonshine,
bosh,
all my eye and Betty Martin,
mare's nest,
farce.
irony;
half truth,
white lie,
pious fraud;
mental reservation
etc.
(concealment)
528.
pretense,
pretext;
false plea
etc.
617;
subterfuge,
evasion,
shift,
shuffle,
make-believe;
sham
etc.
(deception)
545.
profession,
empty words;
Judas kiss
etc.
(hypocrisy)
544;
disguise
etc.
(mask)
530.
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Polish: golenie się
verb
1 shave
Remove body hair with a razor.
Roget 195:
become small,
become smaller;
lessen,
decrease
etc.
36;
grow less,
dwindle,
shrink,
contract,
narrow,
shrivel,
collapse,
wither,
lose flesh,
wizen,
fall away,
waste,
wane,
ebb;
decay
etc.
(deteriorate)
659.
be smaller than,
fall short of;
not come up to
etc.
(be inferior)
34.
render smaller,
lessen,
diminish,
contract,
draw in,
narrow,
coarctate†;
boil down;
constrict,
constringe†;
condense,
compress,
squeeze,
corrugate,
crimp,
crunch,
crush,
crumple up,
warp,
purse up,
pack,
squeeze,
stow;
pinch,
tighten,
strangle;
cramp;
dwarf,
bedwarf†;
shorten
etc.
201;
circumscribe
etc.
229;
restrain
etc.
751.
[reduce in size by abrasion or paring. ]
(subtraction)
38
abrade,
pare,
reduce,
attenuate,
rub down,
scrape,
file,
file down,
grind,
grind down,
chip,
shave,
shear,
wear down.
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Roget 201:
be short
etc.
adj.;
render short
etc.
adj.;
shorten,
curtail,
abridge,
abbreviate,
take in,
reduce;
compress
etc.
(contract)
195;
epitomize
etc.
596.
retrench,
cut short,
obtruncate†;
scrimp,
cut,
chop up,
hack,
hew;
cut down,
pare down;
clip,
dock,
lop,
prune,
shear,
shave,
mow,
reap,
crop;
snub;
truncate,
pollard,
stunt,
nip,
check the growth of;
foreshorten
(in drawing).
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Roget 204:
slice,
shave,
pare,
peel;
delaminate;
plate,
coat,
veneer;
cover
etc.
223.
Dutch: scheren
2 shave
Cut closely.
synonym: trim.
3 shave
4 shave
5 shave
Make shavings of or reduce to shavings.
6 shave
Touch the surface of lightly.
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