shaven
Americanverb
adjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of shaven
First recorded in 1300–50, for the adjective
Example Sentences
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Washbourne, 40, is described as white, male, about 5ft 6ins, slim, with brown hair and clean shaven.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026
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 • Jun. 4, 2025
She had spotted her son in the image, taken from above, of a sea of shaven heads belonging to men in white T-shirts sat in long, straight rows.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025
And then there are the images of the migrants deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, shackled one behind the other in prison garb, their heads bowed and shaven.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025
We knew that all those rabbits that had shaven bellies—our scientific knowledge adequately covered this point because it was our job to shave the rabbits—were undergoing Aschheim-Zondek tests.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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