shaven
Adjective: * Having had hair or beard removed by cutting close to the skin: Describes a person or a part of a person's body from which hair has been recently and closely cut, typically with a razor. It often implies a smooth result. * He looked younger with his shaven head. * Her shaven legs were smooth to the touch.
The word "shaven" is primarily used as an adjective, often following a linking verb like "be" or "look." It is the past participle form of the verb "shave" and is used to describe a state resulting from the action of shaving.
Important Distinction: While "shaved" can also be used as an adjective (e.g., "shaved ice"), "shaven" is less common in everyday speech and is often used in more formal, literary, or fixed expressions. It frequently appears in the compound adjective "clean-shaven."
- Adjective:
- The prisoner's head was completely shaven.
- He prefers to keep his face shaven for his job.
- The model had perfectly shaven armpits.
- "clean-shaven": A common compound adjective meaning having no beard or mustache, with the skin appearing smooth.
- All soldiers in the parade were required to be clean-shaven.
- Shave (verb): To cut hair off the face, head, or body very close to the skin using a razor.
- He needs to shave every morning.
- Shaved (adjective/verb): Can function similarly to "shaven" as an adjective (e.g., "shaved almonds") and is the standard simple past tense and past participle of the verb "shave" in most contexts.
- He shaved yesterday. (past tense)
- He has shaved his beard. (past participle)
- Shaving (noun/gerund): The act of cutting hair with a razor, or the thin slice removed by a plane or similar tool.
- He cut himself during his morning shaving.
- Beardless: Having no beard.
- Hairless: Having little or no hair.
- Smooth: Having a surface free from roughness or hair (in this context).
- Bearded: Having a beard.
- Hairy: Covered with hair.
- Unshaven: Not having shaved; with short hair growing on the face.
- having the beard or hair cut off close to the skin