shaven
Americanverb
adjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unshaven adjective
Etymology
Origin of shaven
First recorded in 1300–50, for the adjective
Example Sentences
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Gaunt, head shaven and still in his padded blue prison jacket, he admitted his head was spinning from all the sensations after four years in jail.
From BBC
Smith is described by police as white, bald, and clean shaven.
From BBC
Detainees in brown uniforms - with shaven heads - sit silent and motionless on thin mattresses, on opposite sides of a cell.
From BBC
A woman with a fashionable haircut, with the lower half of her head shaven, is holding her baby, while her husband negotiates a price with taxi drivers.
From BBC
The Sheriff’s Department is looking for the suspect, who was described as a Black male, 6 feet, 2 inches tall, 180 pounds and with a shaven head.
From Los Angeles Times
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