shave :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (2)

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n. the act of removing hair with a razor

Verbs (10)

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v. make shavings of or reduce to shavings; "shave the radish"

v. touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"

v. remove body hair with a razor

v. cut closely; "trim my beard"

shave, knock off

v. cut the price of

shave, trim, cut closely

v. cut closely

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Fuzzynyms (44)

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v. touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"

v. scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"

clean, make clean

v. make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"

v. purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"

v. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"

skin, peel, pare

v. strip the skin off; "pare apples"

v. remove body hair with a razor

v. make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane; "plane the top of the door"

v. scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"

clean, make clean

v. make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"

v. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"

skin, peel, pare

v. strip the skin off; "pare apples"

v. make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane; "plane the top of the door"

v. touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"

thin

v. make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"

rationalize, rationalise

v. remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"

shave, knock off

v. cut the price of

truncate, cut short

v. make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

pare, pare down

v. decrease gradually or bit by bit

pare, pare down

v. decrease gradually or bit by bit

diminish, belittle

v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"

rationalize, rationalise

v. remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"

v. cut closely; "trim my beard"

v. become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain

rationalize, rationalise

v. remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"

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