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. Ted Turner, A speech to the McCallie School in Chattanooga, TN:

   Hell, we spent $200 Billion to get a scared guy who needed a shave out of a fox-hole! And he may even die of prostate cancer before we even get a chance to try him, dammit!

2. Sidney Powell:

   Different states shaved different amounts of votes, or the system was set up to shave and flip different votes in different states, some people were targeted as individual candidates. It’s really the most massive and historical egregious fraud the world has ever seen.

3. Ricki Lake:

   It was such a right of passage last year taking the leap of faith to shave my head, and my hair, thankfully, has grown back, and I learned so much through the process of really letting go of something that had been really bothering me for decades.

4. Graham Norton:

   I don’t know why I had that one, i was in the dressing room with an hour to go before kick off when Sir Alex Ferguson( Manchester United manager) saw Manchester United manager and made me shave Manchester United manager off.

5. Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz:

   We give them a proper shave, they will take a shower, winter clothing and treatment will follow, we will return them as normal members of society.