clean-shaven
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈklinˈʃeɪvən/
- After shaving his beard for the first time in years, he looked completely clean-shaven.
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Watch on YouTubeIn a certain village there is a local law that all males must be clean shaven.
- In a certain village there is a local law that all males must be clean shaven.
- This guy that's laying in the street, he's fat, he's clean shaven, crazy.
- Yeah You know I I'm in a clean shaven these days.
- This guy was fat, clean shaven, crazy Albert Einstein hair going all, every direction.
Examples
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As he approaches, we recognize Joseph, now clean-shaven, wearing spectacles.
Fiction book (1997) -
His lean, sun-browned face was clean-shaven, and his brown hair was worn shoulder length.
Fiction book (1992) -
- I like you better clean-shaven.
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Chief, do you want me clean-shaven?
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You look younger, clean shaven.
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But at that time, - as far as I can recall, he was clean-shaven.
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Plebes are supposed to be clean-shaven.
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The old man is very thin, clean-shaven, but in need of a haircut.
Fiction book (2000) -
The set was muted, and the men wore gray suits and were clean-shaven and serious.
Fiction book (1994) -
Mr. Banks is clean-shaven.
Synonyms
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1.0
Hair cut very close to the skin
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2.7
Almost no hair on the face or head because it is cut close to the skin
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4.4
A person who has no hair on the face, like a young man without a beard
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2.8
Having no beard or other facial hair
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3.7
Having a very smooth face and no beard
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3.0
A person with very little hair on the face or head after a recent shave
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7.2
Having no beard or long hairs near the nose
Antonyms
How Hairless
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Morphology
Etymology
Clean-shaven joins clean ('free from') and shaven (from shave, 'to cut hair off'), so it means a face that is smooth and without hair. That's why someone who is clean-shaven has no facial hair because they have just shaved.