SHAVING

To make bald or shorter by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.

To cut anything in this fashion.

Example: "The labourer with the bending scythe is seen / shaving the surface of the waving green."

To remove hair from one's face by this means.

Example: "I had little time to shave this morning."

To cut finely, as with slices of meat.

To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.

To reduce in size or weight.

To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.

To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows.