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# shaving

verb (-ing form of shave); noun (shaving, shavings)

«shaving» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The act of cutting hair off close to the skin with a razor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaving/#m1)
2. Shavings are very thin curly pieces cut off wood or other things, for example when sharpening a pencil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaving/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, pencil shavings collect in a sharpener; wood shavings are used as bedding for hamsters and rabbits. In design and technology, shavings come from planing wood. Phrases: shaving cream, shaving foam, pencil shavings, wood shavings.

### Examples

- Dad is shaving in the bathroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaving/#x1)
- Empty the pencil shavings into the bin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaving/#x2)
- The hamster sleeps in wood shavings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaving/#x3)
- Shaving foam looks like whipped cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaving/#x4)
- The plane made long curly shavings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaving/#x5)
- We sprinkled chocolate shavings on top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaving/#x6)
- He cut himself while shaving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaving/#x7)
- He searched among the shavings--no one! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaving/#x8)

### Note

As a noun for the bits it is usually plural: "shavings". Spelling: drop the e of "shave": shaving. Safety: shaving foam is not food, even if it looks like cream.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shaving» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaving/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shaving» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shaving.html) on Mova free.