Synonyms for shave
ʃeɪvshave

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1. shave, shavingverb

   the act of removing hair with a razor

   Synonyms:
   paring, shaving, sliver, grazing, skimming

2. shaveverb

   remove body hair with a razor

   Synonyms:
   plane, knock off, trim

3. shave, trimverb

   cut closely

   "trim my beard"

   Synonyms:
   plane, trim down, garnish, bring down, cut back, prune, trim back, crop, reduce, cut down, cut, clip, pare, dress, lop, trim, knock off, snip

4. shave, knock offverb

   cut the price of

   Synonyms:
   plane, waste, thieve, toss off, knock off, neutralise, do in, drop, scratch off, neutralize, glom, fling off, snitch, liquidate, trim, dash off, cop, hook

5. plane, shaveverb

   cut or remove with or as if with a plane

   "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"

   Synonyms:
   skim, plane, knock off, trim

6. shaveverb

   make shavings of or reduce to shavings

   "shave the radish"

   Synonyms:
   plane, knock off, trim

7. shaveverb

   touch the surface of lightly

   "His back shaved the counter in passing"

   Synonyms:
   plane, knock off, trim

Matched Categories

1. • Cut
   • Cut Up
   • Graze
   • Groom
   • Reduce

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1. shaveverb

   Synonyms:
   cut off (close to the surface)

2. shaveverb

   Synonyms:
   make smooth or bare (as by cutting off hair closely)

3. shaveverb

   Synonyms:
   slice, cut in thin slices

4. shaveverb

   Synonyms:
   strip, fleece

5. shaveverb

   Synonyms:
   graze, skim, touch lightly (in passing over)

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1. shavenoun

   Synonyms:
   shaving, spokeshave, drawshave

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1. List of paraphrases for "shave":

   shave-a, shaving, razor, raze, beard, flatten

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How to use shave in a sentence?

1. Blake Nash:

   The day of putting on a suit and tie at 6 in the morning and getting a clean cut shave and taking your briefcase to an office somewhere, it’s gone.

2. David Nunez:

   Right now, contractors that wouldn't even touch some of the smaller jobs are bidding on them to keep going, refiners are coming to us and asking us where we can shave off some costs for them, and we are cutting our markups on supplies and other items.

3. Susan Maples:

   I worry about the long-term effects of a video like this, teeth are the only part of the ectoderm that does not replenish or heal itself— once it’s gone, it’s gone. You can color your hair, you can pierce your skin, damage your nail, shave an eyebrow— all of that comes back.

4. David Crow:

   Romero didn't even shave his mustache for the role. He put the make-up on top of the mustache. He had a lot of fun with it.

5. David Letterman:

   I used to say, every day, ‘I am so sick and tired of shaving.’ … And I just thought, the first thing I will do when I am not on TV is stop shaving. And everybody hates it. My wife hates it. My son hates it. But it’s interesting. I’ve kind of developed a real creepy look with it that I’m sort of enjoying. And I can tell that people are off-put by it. And the more people implore me to shave, the stronger my resolve is to not shave.