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Antonyms for shaven

Grammar : Verb
Spell : shey-vuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃeɪ vən

Definition of shaven

Origin :
  • Old English sceafan (strong verb, past tense scof, past participle scafen), "to scrape, shave, polish," from Proto-Germanic *skaban (cf. Old Norse skafa, Middle Dutch scaven, German schaben, Gothic skaban "scratch, shave, scrape"), from PIE *skabh-, collateral form of root *(s)kep- "to cut, to scrape, to hack" (see scabies). Related: Shaved; shaving. Original strong verb status is preserved in past tense form shaven. Specifically in reference to cutting the hair close from mid-13c. Figurative sense of "to strip (someone) of money or possessions" is attested from late 14c.
  • verb cut outer covering off
Example sentences :
  • He was very fat, with a shaven, swarthy face and the dewlap of an ox.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • I conceived a contempt for that shaven, scrawny skipper––I remember it well.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan
  • "The babies of frogs will become but frogs," said one shaven pate, laughing.
  • Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis
  • On his shaven head he wore a small skull-cap of plaited grass.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
  • A greasy growth of beard was sprouting on the shaven parts of the cheeks.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • They had dressed him in a gaberdine and set the yellow cap on his shaven poll.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • "H'm," said the shaven man, quite unmoved by the end of Harvey's speech.
  • Extract from : « "Captains Courageous" » by Rudyard Kipling
  • So that, apart from other missiles, our shaven heads were sure to be pelted with jeers.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • They all wore ankle-length gowns, and they all had shaven heads.
  • Extract from : « A Slave is a Slave » by Henry Beam Piper
  • Marry, saith she, to hear a shaven crown preach at the Cross!
  • Extract from : « For the Master's Sake » by Emily Sarah Holt

Synonyms for shaven

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