Receding and Shaved

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Receding adjective - (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back.

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Shaved and receding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shaved" instead an adjective "Receding".

Nearby Words: recede, receded

Shaved adjective - Having the beard or hair cut off close to the skin.

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Receding and shaved are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Receding" instead an adjective "Shaved".

Nearby Words: shave, shaving, shaver

Despite his rapidly receding hairline, Kurt Angle didn't take being shaved bald too well at first and covered it with a hairpiece held in place by amateur wrestling style headgear.

Source: Prematurely Bald
Also, in some performances, Akira Takasaki will wear one over either his shaved head or to contain his long hair, and Minoru Niihara has taken to wearing one to obscure his receding hairline.

Source: Music / Loudness

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