Shaving : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Shaving	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Shaving
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shaving n the act of removing hair with a razor [syn: shave, shaving] a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something Synonym(s): paring, sliver, shaving the act of brushing against while passing Synonym(s): grazing, shaving, skimming
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shave \Shave\, v. t. [imp. {Shaved};p. p. {Shaved} or {Shaven}; 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. [?][?][?][?], 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. 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. I'll shave your crown for this. --Shak. The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of the waving green. --Gay. 3. To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices. Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root. --Bacon. 4. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing. Now shaves with level wing the deep. --Milton. 5. To strip; to plunder; to fleece. [Colloq.] {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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument. [bd]Shaving of silver.[b8] --Chaucer. {Shaving brush}, a brush used in lathering the face preparatory to shaving it.