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(verb)

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(of a man) cut the hair off the face with a razor

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Examples

he washed, shaved, and had breakfast

Synonyms

cut off snip off

(verb)

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cut (a thin slice or slices) from the surface of something

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Examples

scrape a large sharp knife across the surface, shaving off rolls of very fine chocolate

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plane off pare off shear off whittle off scrape off grate shred

(verb)

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pass or send something close to (something else), missing it narrowly

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Examples

Scott shaved the post in the 29th minute

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touch lightly brush brush against graze glance off kiss

(noun)

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an act of shaving hair from the face or a part of the body

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Examples

you need a shave