Antonyms for barbering
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bahr-ber |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɑr bər |
Definition of barbering
Origin :- c.1300, from Anglo-French barbour (attested as a surname from early 13c.), from Old French barbeor, barbieor (Modern French barbier, which has a more restricted sense than the English word), from Vulgar Latin *barbatorem, from Latin barba "beard" (see barb (n.)). Originally also regular practitioners of surgery, they were restricted to haircutting and dentistry under Henry VIII.
- As in shave : verb cut outer covering off
- As in trim : verb cut shorter
- Needless to say, his business of barbering suffered in the meanwhile.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Cotton Plant » by Frederick Wilkinson
- I think that's all he had in mind—besides the fact that barbering was his trade.
- Extract from : « The Electronic Mind Reader » by John Blaine
- If you only saw me at my trade, a barbering, youd see what a mistake you were making.
- Extract from : « A Vision of Venus » by Harry Pleon
- The Lieutenant was attentively watching the barbering operation.
- Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) » by John McElroy
- Barbering was not for him—not when you could drive a bus to all trains, or even a dray.
- Extract from : « The Wrong Twin » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The barbering completed, Marjorie junior was dismissed with her ally Guff, and the senior lady of that name reigned supreme.
- Extract from : « Two Knapsacks » by John Campbell
- Other early enterprises, growing naturally out of a history of personal service, were barbering and tailoring.
- Extract from : « Following the Color Line » by Ray Stannard Baker
- At length the barbering performance was over, and poor Dicky thought that he had got through the whole passage of the equinox.
- Extract from : « Barney Blake, The Boy Privateer » by Herrick Johnstone
- At that time wigs were worn, and wig-making formed an important branch of the barbering business.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
Synonyms for barbering
- abbreviate
- barber
- blue pencil
- bob
- boil down
- brush
- clip
- crop
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- decorticate
- dock
- edit
- even up
- graze
- kiss
- lop
- make bare
- mow
- pare
- pare down
- peel
- plane
- prune
- put in a nutshell
- shave
- shear
- shingle
- shorten
- shred
- skim
- skin
- slash
- slice off
- slice thin
- sliver
- snip
- strip
- tidy
- touch
- trim
- truncate
- whittle down
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