shaven

Everyday

Shaven means cut very close, with hair or fur shaved off, so the skin shows. tree →

In the lessons

in tales a person or animal whose head or coat has been cut very short; not a common word in everyday talk

Examples

• The monk had a shaven head. tree →
• The poodle was so closely shaven that his skin showed pink. tree →
• Bellissima was small and smooth-shaven. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

A shaven head or beard also shows mourning, as when Moab's heads are bald and every beard is shaven. Samson's seven locks were shaven off, and his strength left him.

Interpretation. In the skin disease laws, a person with a scall is shaved except for the diseased patch, so the priest can see whether it spreads. Samson's shaven hair is read as the sign of his Nazirite promise being broken.

Examples

• then he shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more. (Torah LEV.13.33, JPS 1917) tree →
• Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. (Prophets JDG.16.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• He is gone up to Baith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep; upon Nebo, and upon Medeba, Moab howleth; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is shaven. (Prophets ISA.15.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and had the seven locks of his head shaven off; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. (Prophets JDG.16.19, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths