Synonyms of the word

shaving

• n. (countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
• n. (uncountable) The action of having a shave.
• v. present participle of shave.

depilation

• n. Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing; hair removal.
• n. Removal of hair, wool or bristles from the body.

epilation

• n. The loss of hair.
• n. The removal of hair from human or animal skin; depilation.

fragment

• n. A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
• n. (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
• n. (computing) An incomplete portion of code.
• v. (intransitive) To break apart.
• v. (transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
• v. (transitive, computing) To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.

grazing

• v. present participle of graze.
• n. Grazeland.
• n. (uncountable) the action of animals eating, mainly of grass in a field or on other grassland.

paring

• v. present participle of pare.
• n. A fragment or shaving that has been pared.

shave

• v. (transitive) To make bald by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair…
• v. (transitive) To cut anything in this fashion.
• v. (intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.
• v. (transitive) To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
• v. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
• v. (US, slang, dated, transitive) To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest,…
• n. An instance of shaving.
• n. A thin slice; a shaving.
• n. (US, slang, dated) An exorbitant discount on a note.
• n. (US, slang, dated) A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right…
• n. A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a spokeshave.

skimming

• v. present participle of skim.
• n. Something skimmed from a surface etc.
• n. A motion or action that skims.
• n. (uncountable) The sport of skimboarding.

sliver

• n. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
• n. A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding…
• n. Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
• n. (US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
• v. (transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise;…

touch

• v. Primarily physical senses.
• v. Primarily non-physical senses.
• v. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
• v. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
• v. (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
• v. To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
• v. To perform, as a tune; to play.
• v. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
• n. An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
• n. The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
• n. The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
• n. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
• n. A little bit; a small amount.
• n. The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
• n. A relationship of close communication or understanding.
• n. The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
• n. (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
• n. (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
• n. (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
• n. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
• n. (obsolete) A brief essay.
• n. (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
• n. (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
• n. (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument…
• n. (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion…
• n. The children's game of tag.
• n. (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
• n. (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
• n. (Britain, plumbing, dated) tallow.

touching

• v. present participle of touch.
• adj. Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
• n. The act by which something is touched.