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# shaven

adjective (shaven; past participle of shave)

«shaven» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Shaven means cut very close, with hair or fur shaved off, so the skin shows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaven/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaven/#x1)
- The poodle was so closely shaven that his skin showed pink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaven/#x2)
- Bellissima was small and smooth-shaven. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaven/#x3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shaven/#x1)
- Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. (Prophets JDG.16.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shaven/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shaven/#x3)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shaven/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shaven» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shaven/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shaven» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shaven.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «shaven» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shaven/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shaven» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/shaven.html) on Mova free.