Antonyms for barbered
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bahr-ber |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɑr bər |
Definition of barbered
Origin :- c.1300, from Anglo-French barbour (attested as a surname from early 13c.), from Old French barbeor, barbieor (Modern French barbier, which has a more restricted sense than the English word), from Vulgar Latin *barbatorem, from Latin barba "beard" (see barb (n.)). Originally also regular practitioners of surgery, they were restricted to haircutting and dentistry under Henry VIII.
- As in shave : verb cut outer covering off
- As in trim : verb cut shorter
- Everything was cleaned up, mended up, and the men had washed and barbered themselves into almost dude-like neatness.
- Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) » by John McElroy
- Took him up for some coffee and eggs, staked him to his room rent, and sent him off to get cleaned and barbered.
- Extract from : « Merton of the Movies » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The most of them that I have seen ought to stay with the damned, any how, without reference to how they were barbered.
- Extract from : « The Innocents Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- He's had himself tailored and barbered until he looks like an34 English investor come over huntin' six per cent.
- Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford
- Centred in a square of barbered lawn was a fountain where Neptune drove his chariot of sea-horses.
- Extract from : « Swirling Waters » by Max Rittenberg
- Being at last considered sufficiently tamed and trained to be trusted with scissors, we barbered ourselves as best we could.
- Extract from : « Herland » by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman
- He was barbered and wore a suit which showed his splendid length and strength of limb.
- Extract from : « A Spoil of Office » by Hamlin Garland
- He walked in one evening at dusk, but at first sight I didn't know him he was so spruced and barbered up.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Avonlea » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Synonyms for barbered
- abbreviate
- barber
- blue pencil
- bob
- boil down
- brush
- clip
- crop
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- decorticate
- dock
- edit
- even up
- graze
- kiss
- lop
- make bare
- mow
- pare
- pare down
- peel
- plane
- prune
- put in a nutshell
- shave
- shear
- shingle
- shorten
- shred
- skim
- skin
- slash
- slice off
- slice thin
- sliver
- snip
- strip
- tidy
- touch
- trim
- truncate
- whittle down
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