noun
- The act of removing hair with a razor.
- synonyms: shaving
verb
- Remove body hair with a razor.
- Cut closely.
- usage: "trim my beard"
- synonyms: trim
- Cut the price of.
- synonyms: knock off
- Cut or remove with or as if with a plane.
- usage: "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
- synonyms: plane
- Make shavings of or reduce to shavings.
- usage: "shave the radish"
- Touch the surface of lightly.
- usage: "His back shaved the counter in passing"
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