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shaving 音標拼音: [ʃ'evɪŋ] n. 刮,修胡須,削 刮,修胡須,削 shaving n 1: the act of removing hair with a razor [synonym: {shave}, {shaving}] 2: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something [synonym: {paring}, {sliver}, {shaving}] 3: the act of brushing against while passing [synonym: {grazing}, {shaving}, {skimming}] Shave \Shave\, v. t. [imp. {Shaved} (sh[=a]vd);p. p. {Shaved} or {Shaven} (sh[=a]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaving}.] [OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D. schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth. scaban, Russ. kopate to dig, Gr. ska`ptein, and probably to L. scabere to scratch, to scrape. Cf. {Scab}, {Shaft}, {Shape}.] 1. To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard. [1913 Webster] 2. To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself. [1913 Webster] I'll shave your crown for this. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of the waving green. --Gay. [1913 Webster] 3. To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices. [1913 Webster] Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 4. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing. [1913 Webster] Now shaves with level wing the deep. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. To strip; to plunder; to fleece. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] {To shave a note}, to buy it at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows. [Cant, U.S.] [1913 Webster] Shaving \Shav"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument. "Shaving of silver." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] {Shaving brush}, a brush used in lathering the face preparatory to shaving it. [1913 Webster] 143 Moby Thesaurus words for "shaving":
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