shave
Example Sentences
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The homeroom teacher has a shaved head, corduroy pants, and shoes that pop off her heels when she walks.
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She’s got a hoop through her nose, and half of her head is shaved, and the half that isn’t is dyed pink.
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Today’s players earn too much money to risk their careers for whatever extra they could make by shaving points, the argument went.
You always knew the menagerie was nearby because the smell turned from swampy to wood shavings, wet fur, and assorted musty scents.
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It ran in the barber shop and streaked up one side of the chair where Mr. Perry was shaving someone.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.