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I've met them down in the Cost and Accounting Department, clean-shaven and in white collars. They can't see a damn thing ridiculous about themselves... only about you.
Jean Shepherd

Meaning of "clean-shaven" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLEAN-SHAVEN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLEAN-SHAVEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clean-Shaven is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CLEAN-SHAVEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

clean-shaven

Shaving

Shaving is the removal of hair, by using a razor or any other kind of bladed implement, to slice it down—to the level of the skin or otherwise. Shaving is most commonly practiced by men to remove their facial hair and by women to remove their leg and underarm hair. A man is called clean-shaven if he has had his beard entirely removed. Both men and women sometimes shave their chest hair, abdominal hair, leg hair, underarm hair, pubic hair or any other bodily hair. Head shaving is much more common among men. It is often associated with religious practice, the armed forces and some competitive sports such as swimming, running and extreme sports. Historically, head shaving has also been used to humiliate, punish and show submission to an authority, and also as part of a fund-raising efforts, particularly for cancer research organizations and charitable organizations which serve cancer patients. The shaving of head hair is also sometimes done by cancer patients when their treatment may result in partial hair loss.

Definition of clean-shaven in the English dictionary

The definition of clean-shaven in the dictionary is having the facial hair shaved off.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLEAN-SHAVEN

clean slate
clean sweep
clean technology
clean up
clean up one´s act
clean wool
clean-and-jerk
clean-cut
clean-limbed
clean-living
clean-tech
cleanability
cleanable
cleaner
cleanhanded
cleaning
cleaning fluid
cleaning lady
cleaning product
cleaning woman

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLEAN-SHAVEN

Bremerhaven
close-shaven
craven
Cuxhaven
graven
haven
heaven
hog heaven
in seventh heaven
maven
New Haven
Newhaven
raven
safe haven
seventh heaven
shaven
smooth-shaven
tax haven
unshaven
Wilhelmshaven

Synonyms and antonyms of clean-shaven in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «clean-shaven» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLEAN-SHAVEN

Find out the translation of clean-shaven to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clean-shaven from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clean-shaven» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

胡子刮得干干净净
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bien afeitado
570 millions of speakers

English

clean-shaven
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शुद्ध मुंडा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حليق الذقن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бритый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

barbeado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিষ্কার কামানো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rasé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

dicukur bersih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

glatt rasiert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

剃った
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

면도를
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Resik-shaven
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cạo rửa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சவரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शुभ्र मुंडके
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

temiz traşlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ben rasato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ogolony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

голений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ras
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξυρισμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gladgeskeer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

renrakad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glattbarbert
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clean-shaven

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLEAN-SHAVEN»

The term «clean-shaven» is regularly used and occupies the 76.811 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLEAN-SHAVEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «clean-shaven» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «clean-shaven» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clean-shaven

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4 QUOTES WITH «CLEAN-SHAVEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word clean-shaven.
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Jonas Armstrong
I've always been a stubble man; I don't do clean-shaven.
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Billy Gibbons
They prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film... a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter the compensation.
3
John Benjamin Hickey
When I'm clean-shaven and bathed, I look like a lawyer.
4
Jean Shepherd
I've met them down in the Cost and Accounting Department, clean-shaven and in white collars. They can't see a damn thing ridiculous about themselves... only about you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLEAN-SHAVEN»

Discover the use of clean-shaven in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clean-shaven and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Backpacker
Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often.
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A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms ...
... my feet wet when the bridge fell, though it was a close shave. clean-shaven • closely shaven clean-shaven—said of a man not having a moustache or beard: He provided a list of celebrated clean-shaven men and also of celebrated beavers, ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2010
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Educating the Consumer-citizen: A History of the Marriage of ...
All of the male faces were clean shaven with chiseled features. None of the male faces was similar to those Barton disdained in paintings of Christ, such as “like a woman's face covered by a beard.” In ads for women's products, men were often  ...
Joel Spring, 2003
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People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy, 489-554
6 A clean-shaven face had long been associated with Roman men,7 and in statues and in the reliefs depicting imperial victory over barbarians, the triumphant emperor is clean-shaven and the submissive barbarians have beards. 8 ...
Patrick Amory, 2003
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The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine
In a few minutes the clean-shaven man at the next table settled his bill and made preparations for departure. The girl at the same time drew on her gloves, keeping her eyes immovany upon her neighbour's back. As the man rose to depart, and ...
6
Law and American Education: An Instructor's Guide
At a later meeting, however, the Board reversed its position and endorsed Coach Watters' “clean shaven” policy. Plaintiffs proceeded to institute this suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the fourteenth amendment, requesting declaratory ...
Robert H. Palestini, Karen Palestini Falk, 2002
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The Son and the Heir
Straight away they noticed the hunched boy. One sported a small stubbly beard, the other was clean-shaven, and their hair was identical in colour, a piercing dark brown, which was virtually black. Both were clearly handsome and important.
Robin Solomon, 2010
8
The Railroad Trainman
"Yes," said the clean-shaven man. The porter was raising his whistle to his lips when he noticed the girl behind. "Do you wish for a cab, madam?" he asked, and blew upon his whistle. As he turned again for an answer, he plainly saw the girl, ...
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The Semantic Variability of Absolute Constructions
ADJUNCTS WITH AS AND WITH As was seen in section 3.2.1, be1 (e Piui/pRrn5 ) occupies a special place in Carlson's system, since it effectively converts stage- level properties to properties of individuals; thus, the adjective clean-shaven is a  ...
Gregory Stump, 1985
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
moustache or beard: He provided a list of celebrated clean-shaven men and also of celebrated beavers, as bearded men are technically termed. closely shaven - of a man with a neat, smooth shave: He was tall, spare, with closely shaven face  ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLEAN-SHAVEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clean-shaven is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sarasota Piano Man Gets Whole New Look
Gould was able to debut his clean-shaven, sporty new look at Michael's On East where he played “Let it Be” for customers. The transformation ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
2
Sketch of suspect in Alexandria trooper shooting released
The composite shows a clean-shaven black male in his late teens or early 20s, with a long and narrow nose and a small chin. The description ... «Alexandria Town Talk, Jul 15»
3
Homeless man in viral video reunites with son
I'm sorry I wasn't able to be there for you, son,” Gould said. Gould was showered and clean-shaven, unlike his appearance in the viral video. «WOODTV.com, Jul 15»
4
Comedy Filmed in Montclair's Bluestone Coffee Shop Starring …
Although pictured wearing a full gray beard in the episode, Colbert was seen clean-shaven by the time of the Montclair Film Festival opening ... «TAPinto.net, Jul 15»
5
Silver Alert issued for missing Clinton man, 60
Authorities say a photo they released of him is old, however, and Guidone now has gray hair and is clean-shaven. Authorities said Guidone ... «New Haven Register, Jul 15»
6
Couple assaulted by group of men in Langley
One was white, stocky, with short dark hair, with a round, clean-shaven face and about 5ft 9ins. He was wearing a dark T-shirt and trainers. «Slough and Windsor Observer, Jul 15»
7
Research warns of dangers of stubble and beards
This research therefore offers evidence that the current guidance advising being clean-shaven in the area of the mask seal is justified. The HSE ... «The Construction Index, Jul 15»
8
Henry Cavill goes for the clean-shaven look at Groove Music …
But, despite his handsome brush with hipster style, it seems that actor Henry Cavill has reverted back to his clean-shaven look - after shearing it ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
9
Henry Cavill Shows Off His Clean-Shaven Face!
The 32-year-old Batman v Superman actor posed for photos with fans at the festival. Recently, fans began noticing that Henry had shaved his ... «Just Jared, Jul 15»
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Henry Cavill Looks Clean-Shaven, Holds Babies At Outdoor Festival …
Henry Cavill looks clean-shaven at an outdoor festival this past weekend and, as always, was gracious enough to pose with some fans, ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Clean-Shaven [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/clean-shaven>. Apr 2024 ».
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