Meaning & use
shaven
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having had hair removed close to the skin with a razor.
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The monk's shaven head glinted in the temple's candlelight.
He kept his face cleanly shaven for the job interview.
A note on using this word
An older past participle of 'shave', now used almost exclusively as an adjective, while 'shaved' has become the standard verb form.
Words with a similar meaning
clean-shavenshorn
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Words with an opposite meaning
beardedunshaven
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