Shaving

//ˈʃeɪvɪŋ//

Synonyms for "shaving" (152 found)

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Closest matches (31)

paring acomia afterglow afterimage alopecia balance baldhead baldness baldpate baldy beardlessness bit bones butt butt end candle ends chaff chip chunk clip

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clipping collop crumb culm cut cutting dandruff deadwood debris depilation

Noun(1 words)

chinging

Strong matches (45)

depilatory detritus dishwater dollop draff dregs dust end fag end filings flake floccule flocculus flock fossil fragment garbage gash gob gobbet

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grazing gruel hair remover hairlessness hogwash holdover hunk husks lath leavings lees leftovers lump mere shadow modicum moiety morsel odds and ends offal offscourings orts paper parings

Noun(2 words)

grazing paring

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8 relation types

More general

5 entries

depilation epilation fragment touch touching

Synonyms

3 entries

grazing paring shave

derived

37 entries

dry shaving green-shaving peak shaving point shaving point-shaving shaving bench shaving board shaving box shaving brush shaving bump shaving cloth shaving cream shaving foam shaving gel shaving hat shaving horse

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form of

1 entries

shave

has property

1 entries

boring

has subevent

2 entries

cut yourself look in mirror

is a

11 entries

cardiac valve repair procedure controlled vocabulary types intelligent agent activity medical procedure motion solid against solid primping reducing removing sales activity trimming use of device

related to

5 entries

metal shave slice thin wood

Translations

41 translations across 21 languages.

Azerbaijani

1 entries

qılov noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Bulgarian

1 entries

стру́жка noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Catalan

4 entries

allisadures noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
encenall noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
llimadures (metall) noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
llimalla noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Czech

1 entries

špona noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Danish

1 entries

spån noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Finnish

1 entries

lastu noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

French

1 entries

copeau noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Galician

3 entries

labra noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
lasca noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
para noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

German

1 entries

Span noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Greek

2 entries

πριονίδια noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
ρινίσματα noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Hungarian

1 entries

forgács noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Italian

3 entries

scaglia noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
scaglietta noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
scheggia noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Kaitag

1 entries

хуцӏукӏле noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Latin

1 entries

ramentum noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Māori

3 entries

kotakota noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
kūkā noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
warunga noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

kveike noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
spon noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Portuguese

2 entries

apara noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
raspa noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Russian

2 entries

опи́лка noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
стру́жка noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Spanish

4 entries

fruslero noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
limadura noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
raedura noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
ralladura noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Swedish

4 entries

borrspån noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
hyvelspån noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
spån noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)
sågspån noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Thai

1 entries

ขี้กบ noun (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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I lather my face before shaving.

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I cut myself shaving.

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Dad is shaving in the bathroom.

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I cut myself shaving this morning.

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