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
Some 4,000 miles of new military roads are being laid through the slopes to ease the problem of supply; bulldozers are shaving away hillsides to straighten out the hairpin turns in old roads.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are shaving again, not merely on Saturday night, but every day.
From Frenzied Fiction by Leacock, Stephen
