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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shave \Shave\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Shaved} (sh[=a]vd);p. p. {Shaved} or {Shaven} (sh[=a]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaving}.] [OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D. schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth. scaban, Russ. kopate to dig, Gr. ska'ptein, and probably to L. scabere to scratch, to scrape. Cf. {Scab}, {Shaft}, {Shape}.]
1. To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.
2. To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself.
I'll shave your crown for this. --Shak.
The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of the waving green. --Gay.
3. To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root. --Bacon.
4. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
Now shaves with level wing the deep. --Milton.
5. To strip; to plunder; to fleece. [Colloq.]
{To shave a note}, to buy it at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows. [Cant, U.S.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shaving \Shav"ing\, noun
1. The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.
2. That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument. ''Shaving of silver.'' --Chaucer.
{Shaving brush}, a brush used in lathering the face preparatory to shaving it.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shaving
noun
1: the act of removing hair with a razor [syn: {shave}]
2: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something [syn: {paring}, {sliver}]
3: the act of brushing against while passing [syn: {grazing}, {skimming}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
143 Moby Thesaurus words for "shaving": acomia, afterglow, afterimage, alopecia, balance, baldhead, baldness, baldpate, baldy, beardlessness, bit, bones, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, chip, chunk, clip, clipping, collop, crumb, culm, cut, cutting, dandruff, deadwood, debris, depilation, depilatory, detritus, dishwater, dollop, draff, dregs, dust, end, fag end, filings, flake, floccule, flocculus, flock, fossil, fragment, garbage, gash, gob, gobbet, gruel, hair remover, hairlessness, hogwash, holdover, hunk, husks, lath, leavings, lees, leftovers, lump, mere shadow, modicum, moiety, morsel, odds and ends, offal, offscourings, orts, paper, paring, parings, particle, piece, potsherds, rags, rail, rake, rasher, raspings, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, sawdust, scale, scoop, scourings, scrap, scrap iron, scraps, scum, scurf, shadow, shard, shards, shavings, shiver, shred, skeleton, slack, slag, slat, slice, slip, sliver, slop, slops, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, soup, splinter, stitch, straw, streak, stubble, stump, survival, sweepings, swill, tares, tatter, tonsure, trace, vein, vestige, wafer, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds
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