What does Shaving mean?

Definitions for Shaving
ˈʃeɪ vɪŋshav·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. shave, shavingnoun

    the act of removing hair with a razor

  2. paring, sliver, shavingnoun

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

  3. grazing, shaving, skimmingnoun

    the act of brushing against while passing

Wiktionary

  1. shavingnoun

    A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Shavingnoun

    Any thin slice pared off from any body.

    Etymology: from shave.

    Take lignum aloes in gross shavings, steep them in sack, changed twice, till the bitterness be drawn forth; then take the shavings forth and dry them in the shade, and beat them to powder. Francis Bacon.

    By electrick bodies I do not conceive only such as take up shavings, straws, and light bodies, but such as attract all bodies palpable whatsoever. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

    The shavings are good for the fining of wine. John Mortimer.

Wikipedia

  1. Shaving

    Shaving is the removal of hair, by using a razor or any other kind of bladed implement, to slice it down—to the level of the skin or otherwise. Shaving is most commonly practiced by men to remove their facial hair and by women to remove their leg and underarm hair. A man is called clean-shaven if he has had his beard entirely removed.Both men and women sometimes shave their chest hair, abdominal hair, leg hair, underarm hair, pubic hair, or any other body hair. Head shaving is much more common among men. It is often associated with religious practice, the armed forces, and some competitive sports such as swimming, running, and extreme sports. Historically, head shaving has also been used to humiliate, punish, for purification or to show submission to an authority. In more recent history, head shaving has been used in fund-raising efforts, particularly for cancer research organizations and charitable organizations which serve cancer patients. The shaving of head hair is also sometimes done by cancer patients when their treatment may result in hair loss.

ChatGPT

  1. shaving

    Shaving is the process of removing hair from the body or face by using a razor or any other blading implement, sliding it over the skin to cut hair follicles at the skin's surface.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shaving

    of Shave

  2. Shavingnoun

    the act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor

  3. Shavingnoun

    that which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument

Wikidata

  1. Shaving

    Shaving is the removal of hair, by using a razor or any other kind of bladed implement, to slice it down to the level of the skin. Shaving is most commonly practiced by men to remove their facial hair and by women to remove their leg and underarm hair. A man is called clean-shaven if he has had his beard entirely removed. Both men and women sometimes shave their undercheek hair, chest hair, abdominal hair, leg hair, underarm hair, pubic hair or any other bodily hair. Head shaving is much more common among men. It is often associated with religious practice, the armed forces and some competitive sports such as swimming, running and extreme sports. Historically, head shaving has also been used to humiliate, punish and show submission to an authority, and also as part of a fund-raising efforts, particularly for cancer research organizations and charitable organizations that serve cancer patients. The shaving of head hair is also sometimes done by cancer patients when their treatment may result in partial hair loss. It has become common for men with partial male pattern baldness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Shaving in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Shaving in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Shaving in a Sentence

  1. Gennadiy Goldberg:

    This brings considerable downside risks to GDP revisions, likely shaving 0.3 percentage point.

  2. Henry Ford:

    Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.

  3. Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas:

    as your attorney I advise you to take a hit out of the small brown bottle in my shaving kit.

  4. Tristan Walker:

    Shaving irritation and razor bumps [ are ] issues some 80 % of black men and women have globally, if you have curly hair, this is an issue that you're likely to face.

  5. Woody Allen, "Without Feathers":

    Whosoever shall not fall by the sword or by famine, shall fall by pestilence, so why bother shaving?

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