shaven

[shey-vuhn]

verb

1. a past participle of shave.

adjective

1. closely trimmed.

shaven

/ ˈʃeɪvən /

adjective

1. 1. closely shaved or tonsured

   2. ( in combination )

      clean-shaven

Other Word Forms

• unshaven adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of shaven¹

First recorded in 1300–50, for the adjective

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Gada membership is only open to boys whose fathers are already members - young initiates have their heads shaven at the crown to make their rank clear.

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