shaven
Because it is a word with a single syllable, shaven is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofshaven
- To make bald or shorter by using a tool such as a razor or pair of electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
- To cut anything in this fashion.
Example: "The labourer with the bending scythe is seen / Shaving the surface of the waving green."
- To remove hair from one's face by this means.
Example: "I had little time to shave this morning."
- To cut finely, as with slices of meat.
- To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
- To reduce in size or weight.
- To be hard and severe in a bargain with; to practice extortion on; to cheat.
- To buy (a note) at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows.
- Having been shaved.
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