clean-shaven

[ kleen-shey-vuh n ]

/ ˈklinˈʃeɪ vən /

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adjective

(of a man) having the beard and mustache shaved off.

Nearby words

clean wool, clean-cut, clean-handed, clean-limbed, clean-living, clean-shaven, clean-tech, clean-up, cleanability, cleaner, cleaning

Origin of clean-shaven

First recorded in 1860–65

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Examples from the Web for clean-shaven

Clean-shaven and balding, Saleem is in his forties and walks with a limp.
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Patrick Bateman was clean-shaven, and look at how he spent his evenings.
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If clean-shaven William is a new man, then his bearded brother Harry is 100% unreconstructed bloke.
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“All she noticed was that the clean-shaven man was very tall,” the commission reports.
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He had a scraggly beard and his once clean-shaven head was ringed by a horseshoe of graying hair.
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He is small, clean-shaven, with a crooked nose and a noticeable blink.
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His head and unwrinkled face were clean-shaven; a beatific smile played about his lips.
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Each was tall and rather stout, with a clean-shaven, florid face and close-cut, sandy hair.
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A moment later there entered a tall thin Englishman with a great moustache, which was a rare thing amid that clean-shaven race.
The Adventures of Gerard|Arthur Conan Doyle
Every line and feature of his clean-shaven face denoted shrewdness.
Chasing an Iron Horse|Edward Robins

British Dictionary definitions for clean-shaven

clean-shaven

adjective

(of men) having the facial hair shaved off

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clean-shaven

adjective

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clean-shaven

adjective