shaven

• enPR: shā′vən, IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɪ.vən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪvən
• Hyphenation: sha‧ven

shaven

1. Having been shaved.
   • 1784, The House that Jack Built, page 8:

     This is the Prieſt all ſhaven and ſhorn, that married the man all tattered and torn[.]

• The adjectives shaven and shaved have no semantic difference, although shaven is especially used in combination (such as in "newly-shaven").

shaven

1. past participle of shave

• Hesvan, havens, heav'ns