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    [Noun]  | "shav*ing" | \ ˈshā-viŋ \


    1: the act of one that shaves

    2: something shaved off


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "shaving cream" 


    1: a special cream or foam that is spread over the face or another part of the body before shaving

    [Noun]  | "shaving foam" 


    1: a special cream or foam that is spread over the face or another part of the body before shaving

    [Noun]  | "point-shav*ing" | \ ˈpoint-ˌshā-viŋ \


    1: an attempt (as by a member of the team favored to win) to influence the final score of a game so that the predicted winner wins by less than the point spread


    Origin: 1975 ;

    [Verb]  | "shave" | \ ˈshāv \


    1: to remove a thin layer from

    2: to cut off in thin layers or shreds : slice

    3: to cut off closely


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English scafan; akin to Lithuanian skobti to pluck, Latin scabere to scratch, and perhaps to Greek koptein to cut {mat|capon|};

    [Noun]  | "shaving" 


    1: as in sliver, clipping;


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    [Verb]  | "shaving" 


    1: to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument;


      * e.g., " ... he always shaves most of his hair off when the weather starts getting warmer "



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    2: to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing;


      * e.g., " ... just shaved the concrete post as the car turned the corner "



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    [Verb]  | "shave" 


    1: to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument;


      * e.g., " ... he always shaves most of his hair off when the weather starts getting warmer "



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    2: to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing;


      * e.g., " ... just shaved the concrete post as the car turned the corner "



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