shaving

Englisch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪvɪŋ

Nomen

shaving (countable and uncountable, plural shavings)

1. (countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
2. (uncountable) The action of having a shave.

Derived terms

• shaving horse
• woodshaving
• wood-shaving flower

 

Translations

A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: qılov
• Bulgarian: стру́жка (bg) f (strúžka)
• Catalan: allisadures (ca) f pl, encenall (ca) m (wood), llimalla (ca) f (metal), llimadures (ca) f pl (metall)
• Czech: špona f (metal)
• Danish: spån c
• Finnish: lastu (fi)
• French: copeau (fr) m
• Galician: labra (gl) f, lasca f, para (gl) f
• German: Span (de) m
• Greek: πριονίδια n pl (prionídia) (wood), ρινίσματα (el) n pl (rinísmata) (metal)
• Italian: scaglietta f, scheggia (it) f, scaglia (it) f
• Latin: ramentum n
• Maori: kotakota, kūkā, warunga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kveike n, spon m
• Portuguese: apara (pt) f, raspa (pt)
• Russian: стру́жка (ru) f (strúžka), опи́лка (ru) f (opílka)
• Spanish: viruta (es) f
• Swedish: spån (sv) n, borrspån n, hyvelspån n, sågspån (sv) n

Verb

shaving

1. present participle and gerund of shave

Derived terms

• dry shaving
• peak shaving
• point shaving
• point-shaving
• shaving brush
• shaving bump
• shaving cream
• shaving foam
• shaving gel
• shaving lotion
• shaving oil
• shaving soap
• shaving soap
• shaving stick
• wet shaving
• yak shaving

 

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