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shaving

noun

1 shaving

The act of removing hair with a razor.

synonym: shave.

Roget 203: narrowness etc. adj.; closeness, exility; exiguity etc. (little) 193.    line; hair's breadth, finger's breadth; strip, streak, ... show more

Roget 204: layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, ... show more

Roget 205: filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle, vein; hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili; tendril, gossamer; ... show more

Polish: golenie się

2 shaving

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

synonyms: paring, sliver.

Roget 32: smallness etc. adj.; littleness etc. (small size) 193; tenuity; paucity; fewness etc. (small number) 103; meanness, ... show more

Polish: heblowina, ostrużyna, strużyna

3 shaving

The act of brushing against while passing.

synonyms: grazing, skimming.


Moby thesaurus: acomia, afterglow, afterimage, alopecia, balance, baldhead, baldness, baldpate, baldy, beardlessness, bit, bones, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, chip, chunk, clip, clipping ... show more.

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