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green-shaving

green-shaving noun: the action of scraping the flesh side of an untanned hide. Also the present participle and gerund of green-shave.

Noun

green-shaving (countable and uncountable, plural green-shavings)

  1. The action of scraping the flesh side of an untanned hide.

Also used as

green-shaving is also the present participle and gerund of green-shave.

Forms of green-shaving

pluralgreen-shavings

Questions about green-shaving

What does green-shaving mean?
Green-shaving means the action of scraping the flesh side of an untanned hide.
What part of speech is green-shaving?
Green-shaving is a noun.
What is the plural of green-shaving?
The plural of green-shaving is green-shavings.

Words near green-shaving in the dictionary

  1. green-sands
  2. green-seal
  3. green-shave
  4. green-shaved
  5. green-shaves
  6. green-shaving
  7. green-shavings
  8. green-sickness
  9. green-sicknessed
  10. green-soil
  11. green-soiled

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