Verb (used with object) : to shave hides in preparing leather. ,to shave wood. ,to shave a lawn. ,The car just shaved the garage door. ,The store shaved the price of winter suits in the spring. From Dictionary.com.
This razor for head shaving is truly a design tour-de-force. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: May 30, 2004 - June 5, 2004 Archives] Reference
I must tell you an instance of Ann's/gentility:/It was in shaving. From Wordnik.com. [New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
I know that shaving is a recent development in the human schemes of things but ... ick. From Wordnik.com. [On the Road Again...] Reference
Like back-scratching, shaving is an act much more easily performed on others than on oneself. From Wordnik.com. [Men’s Recovery Project | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
I'm going to posit that shaving is not a matter of me wanting to look like a pre-pubescent girl. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
Studies have shown that men are eager to try alleged improvements in shaving, but they demand results. From Wordnik.com. [Shaggy Ink-Caps From The Curate's Paddock] Reference
Her daddy and I both have chocolate hair and I keep praying her hair will darken and grow … maybe shaving is worth it?. From Wordnik.com. [Monday Miscellany – Wednesday Style! | Her Bad Mother] Reference
The president and his aides are apparently too worried about getting caught again shaving intelligence to stop that. From Wordnik.com. [October 1st, 2009] Reference
Where do they get the idea of shaving their pubic hair?. From Wordnik.com. [Brad Balfour: Exclusive: Photographer Friedler Gets Stripped Naked in Las Vegas] Reference
By means of that barbarous custom called shaving he kept his chin smooth. From Wordnik.com. [Chasing the Sun] Reference
15 feet and Thomas added a layup, again shaving the deficit to seven. From Wordnik.com. [National Basketball Association - Pacers vs. Knicks] Reference
The ‘Victim of Luxuries,’ (Turfah), such as shaving the head or using perfumes. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
On his side, he made himself useful in various ways, such as shaving the children's heads and bleeding the sick. From Wordnik.com. [French Pathfinders in North America] Reference
Many parents find this increased hair growth a nuisance and many will use different methods to get rid of the hair, such as shaving, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Diazoxide] Reference
I imagine shaving is just around the corner. From Wordnik.com. [17 « February « 2007 « Adventures in Juggling] Reference
Otis has been "shaving" for a couple of weeks now. From Wordnik.com. [shiso mama] Reference
Here they could see footprints and the "shaving" of. From Wordnik.com. [The Rover Boys in Southern Waters or The Deserted Steam Yacht] Reference
Sudden change in physical appearance, such as shaving off facial hair. From Wordnik.com. [Firstcoastnews.com Local News] Reference
Then his father turned to the 'shaving' scene which was being enacted, and roared with laughter. From Wordnik.com. [Sylvie and Bruno] Reference
For patients with mild hirsutism, local measures such as shaving, bleaching, depilatories, and electrolysis may suffice. From Wordnik.com. [Purpleocity.net] Reference
I sent him an email politely asking him to clean up the next time he decided to shave again (I didn't specify which kind of shaving). From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
If her husband found the kit, she said, he would use the razor for shaving. From Wordnik.com. ['I Told A Friend: Africa Changed Me'] Reference
Loofahs and shaving do the same thing by physically scraping off the cells. From Wordnik.com. [Can Your Skin Be Saved?] Reference
I may joke about shaving my head, but baldness would put me in a mental hospital. From Wordnik.com. [Crazy for Keratin] Reference
At least one of the suspects was trying to alter his appearance by shaving his head. From Wordnik.com. [Baghdad Briefing] Reference
I radioed Fire Base Dottie and said, "Gather up as many cans of shaving cream as you can.". From Wordnik.com. [Vietnam Memories] Reference
Kelsey, who lived through German attacks on Britain during World War II, continued shaving. From Wordnik.com. [PERSPECTIVES] Reference
Only women were permitted to apply the topping, a combination of shaving and whipped cream. From Wordnik.com. [In L.A., They Don't Skip Dessert] Reference
I never thought about getting violent but we did think about putting shaving cream on their lenses. From Wordnik.com. ['Too High A Price For Fame'] Reference
Most men learn the art of neckwear the same place they learn the art of shaving: their fathers 'mirror. From Wordnik.com. [Political Ties] Reference
It's a discourse on the value of action, which Gandhi memorized by pasting its passages on his shaving mirror. From Wordnik.com. [In The Name Of Gandhi] Reference
When I declined (much to Stevenson's relief), Jacobs said there's nothing better than lathering up her man's head and shaving it down. From Wordnik.com. [Book Excerpt: 'Hair! Mankind's Historic Quest To End Baldness'] Reference
Howard Kelsey, an 84-year-old British man who was shaving on Thursday morning when one of the bombs exploded near his hotel in London. From Wordnik.com. [PERSPECTIVES] Reference
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