shaving

Everyday

1. The act of cutting hair off close to the skin with a razor. tree →
2. Shavings are very thin curly pieces cut off wood or other things, for example when sharpening a pencil. tree →

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 →
• Empty the pencil shavings into the bin. tree →
• The hamster sleeps in wood shavings. tree →
• Shaving foam looks like whipped cream. tree →
• The plane made long curly shavings. tree →
• We sprinkled chocolate shavings on top. tree →
• He cut himself while shaving. tree →
• He searched among the shavings--no one! tree →

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.