shave
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Synonyms for shave
Synonyms: Verb
bob, clip, crop, cut, cut back, dock, lop (off), nip, pare, poll, prune, shear, snip, trim
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Examples of shave in a Sentence
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She cut herself while shaving her legs. The sheep were all shaved. He shaves every morning before breakfast. I cut myself shaving this morning. She shaves her dog's fur in the summer. He shaved some butter from the container.
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Still, how much any financial aid award will shave off your bill remains a mystery until after your child has been accepted. — Anchorage Daily News, "Family finances: How to decipher a financial aid letter," 24 July 2019 The arrival of magnetised cubes in 2016 has allowed for more accurate twisting, helping to shave off valuable milliseconds. — The Economist, "Speedcubers are solving Rubik’s Cubes at ever-faster speeds," 11 July 2019 Rick Gates, for weeks on home confinement with electronic monitoring, gets rapid approval for a family vacation and shaves down his potential prison time. — Bloomberg.com, "Mueller's Russia Probe Shows It Pays to Cooperate," 5 Apr. 2018 An Aurora man got 31 years shaved off his sentence for a 2009 shooting in Oswego that killed an East Aurora High School soccer player and injured a Montgomery teen. — Hannah Leone, Aurora Beacon-News, "Aurora man resentenced to 66 years in prison for murder of East Aurora student," 20 Mar. 2018 If not, adding $3,210 for the PDK has benefits of a fuel-economy boost of 1 mpg and the transmission shaves four tenths of a second to 60 mph. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "2019 Boxster 718: preserving Porsche purity," 18 Aug. 2019 And grouper - not overly seasoned, simply prepared - is wrapped in very thinly shaved potato slices with a butter and red-wine sauce. — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, "Edwins serves fine French dishes with a cause (review, photos)," 15 Aug. 2019 Zachary Maudlin, left, looks on as Komron Tarkeshian gets his head shaved. — Daily Pilot, "Bank of America execs in Newport Beach trade their hair for board games for Make-A-Wish kids," 9 Aug. 2019 His head is shaved except for a patch of hair on the back of his skull. — Finding Joe Murphy, Freep.com, "Joe Murphy, Red Wings' No. 1 pick, is homeless again — and refusing help," 8 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The Peach Beach Shave Ice Shack uses Hawaiian-style techniques to make tropical flavors of shave ice. — Washington Post, "On the Eastern Shore, Virginia’s Cape Charles is in the midst of a small-town renaissance," 16 Aug. 2019 While Jansen drove in two with a single in his first at-bat without a mustache last Friday, Puig struck out in his first post-shave plate appearance and remained hitless on the day. — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, "Reds' Yasiel Puig shaves mustache during series finale against Milwaukee Brewers," 24 July 2019 In Endgame, Rogers’s first minutes onscreen are spent giving himself a shave — the beard is already gone. — Alex Abad-santos, Vox, "The enduring legacy and fantasy of Captain America’s beard, explained," 18 June 2019 The video then cuts to Samson standing with his father, holding a razor and doing a mock shave in the pattern his father told him to. — Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue, "Gillette's New Ad Shows a Transgender Man's First Shave," 29 May 2019 Still, giving a shave on the neurosurgery ward was a first for me. — New York Times, "My Patient’s Smile," 16 May 2018 The more blades a razor has, the closer your shave is, Dr. Nagler says. — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, "This Is How Often You Should Really Be Shaving Your Legs," 15 July 2019 The shave ice is drizzled with a base of vanilla snow cream syrup, which Davis says tastes like vanilla ice cream, and fresh strawberry syrup. — Birmingham Magazine, al.com, "Birmingham City Bite: Shave Ice from Ono Ice," 11 July 2019 Disco Saturdays are for ages 21 and older and start at 2 p.m. on Aug. 3, Sept. 21 and Oct. 5; https://virginhotels.com/san-francisco Eat Hawaiian shave ice Few treats capture the essence of summer as perfectly as fluffy, sweet, snow-like ice. — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, "10 awesome Bay Area adventures for that mid-summer bucket list," 7 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'shave.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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