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Meanings of shaven in English

Having the beard or hair cut off close to the skin.

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Examples for "shaved"
1
Lesar said those factors shaved 4 percentage points off Eastern Hemisphere margins.
Reuters
2
I shaved it off last year in an attempt to look younger.
Those who save us
3
He hadn't shaved in two days; still not much of a beard.
Anvil of stars
4
Knot was sure to come home pink, or shaved, or smelling weird.
The Secret of the Dread Forest: The Faire Folk Trilogy
5
By August 1, the Braves had shaved six games off the lead.
The last hero: a life of henry aaron
Usage of shaven in English
1
Clean-shaven years ago, he now had a beard that needed a trim.
A fugitive truth: an emma fielding mystery
2
Grey; and the face, tanned even in the shaven jaws, was careworn.
The Grey Cloak
3
All the shouting was done by the shaven-headed number 14, Javier Mascherano.
The Irish Times
4
I was clean shaven when I got here.' I just love that.
Notes from a Small Island
5
Under his shaven chin he held a card with writing on it.
Engine Summer
6
His clean-shaven chin lifted in air until his lashes all but met.
Where the Trail Divides
7
Even his mustaches were hanging in woefulness over his carefully shaven chin.
The Argonauts
8
The rest of the Followill clan are pretty clean-shaven these days, too.
The Guardian
9
Brown pate shaven but for a long braided queue at his shoulder.
Night of Knives
10
The study found that bearded men shed more bacteria than clean-shaven men.
The Guardian
11
The semicircle encloses a smooth-shaven lawn of which I am vastly proud.
The Red Planet
12
Mr. Conover looked at her in astonishment, slowly rubbing his smooth-shaven head.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891
13
Each should be without mustache, clean shaven, and clad in neat livery.
Manners and Social Usages
14
The phrase calls up images of rosaries, and crosses, and shaven-headed friars.
Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
15
Mike rubbed his shaven top lip with the back of his hand.
King Rat
16
By that time he was forty-seven years old, completely bald and clean-shaven.
Hiding the Elephant
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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Ireland
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