shave
verb (used without object)
to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
are shaving
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present progressiveof shave.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Goldman Sachs estimates that financial conditions are at the tightest in five years and are shaving about half a percentage point from U.S. growth.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2015
When other, lesser men grow beards, he decides it’s time to shave; when other, lesser men are shaving, he lets his beard run wild.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2014
More men are shaving their chests and backs these days, which could give blades a new lift.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 26, 2014
Looking at the whole picture, many businessmen are shaving, curtailing or postponing expansion plans.
From Time Magazine Archive
Economy is the order of the day, and I assure you they are shaving properly close.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
