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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1. Michael Mina:

   Let's say it's a Monday or on Day Zero you get exposed. Day three, you might turn positive on a PCR later that night. Day three and a half or maybe early day four you might turn positive on an antigen test. And so, the whole idea of twice a week is to shave off a considerable part of people's infectious course, and so, if you're using it twice a week, even if you turn positive in the middle of your two tests, by the time you do test, especially because it's rapid, you'll be able to pull yourself out when you've only been spreading for one and a half or two days instead of five days and six days.

2. David Letterman:

   I’ve kind of developed a real creepy look with it that I ’m sort of enjoying, 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.

3. Sheilagh Maguiness:

   Whether Stryke Club’s young sensitive skin, or acne, eczema or their first shave, boys have specific skin needs, we also have to help them overcome this stigma about being a boy and engaging in self care.

4. Photographer Nima Taradji:

   There are no horns or tails -- it's just a regular human being, she has to wear clothes and shave. She has dreams and hopes and failures and successes like anybody else.

5. Esther Tognozzi:

   And of course, I said: What for? And they proceeded to come in, she sat on my chair, I said, Whats up, can I help you? She said, I want to shave my hair off. i said, No, you dont, [and] she said, Oh yes, I do.