Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shaved

/ʃeɪvd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
shaved
IPA
/ʃeɪvd/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having had a shave.

verb

simple past and past participle of shave

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English shave Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English shaved From shave + -ed.

Phrases

clean-shaved shaved ice

Synonyms

shaven

Antonyms

unshaved

Rhymes With

saved paved behaved waved engraved waived enslaved depraved caved craved braved raved

Questions

How do you pronounce shaved?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃeɪvd/.
What does shaved mean?
Having had a shave.
Where does shaved come from?
Etymology tree English shave Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English shaved From shave + -ed.

How to pronounce shaved

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