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. Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.:

   The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.

2. 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.

3. Rose Ricciardelli:

   A lot of people have a tipping point of when it's time to go, and other people never lose enough hair that they really shave it, [but] if someone thinks they'll look younger for shaving it, they'll shave it.

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. 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.