shaving
Americannoun
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Often shavings. a very thin piece or slice, especially of wood.
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the act of a person or thing that shaves.
noun
Etymology
Origin of shaving
Example Sentences
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Daisy looked at it, and making a sour face she said, “Yuck! Jay Berry, your tongue is so coated, it looks just like the inside of Papa’s shaving mug.”
From Literature
Sometimes his daddy wore training pants when he was shaving.
From Literature
They have spent their entire lives training for those 2 minutes when they will plummet down the slope at top speeds exceeding 90 miles an hour in the hopes of shaving split-seconds off their runs.
But rising to the occasion is not like growing taller or shaving, something that just arrives.
From Literature
Today’s players earn too much money to risk their careers for whatever extra they could make by shaving points, the argument went.
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