to shave (wood, leather, etc.) ②to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.) ③to delete

to be shaved or planed

to shave off

rough-hewn

pencil sharpener

flaked bonito

shavings

to scrape off

to curtail a budget

to compete ruthlessly

cutting stock (extra material cut off in machining operations as a safety margin for tolerances)

shaving ②shavings

to machine

wooden flower whittled from a log

shavings

to undergo great hardships

pencil sharpened at both ends

pencil sharpened at both ends

fluting

slotter (machine tool)

deletion

cut

denudation

digging out

cost reduction

budget cut

cost reduction

excavator

excavation

personnel reduction

removal

correction

grinding

grinder

plane

ice-shaving machine

splinter

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

force reduction

ice-shaving machine

to split

to chip (off) ②to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm)

cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle

to diminish (dampen) the spirit

to have one's nose mutilated

hollow-cheeked

to chip off

cutting a person's sidelocks