shaved

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past simple and past participle of

to remove hair from the body, especially a man's face, by cutting it close to the skin with a razor, so that the skin feels smooth:

John has to shave twice a day.

I always shave my legs in the shower.

Do you shave under your arms?

shave something (off) When my dad shaved his beard (off), he looked ten years younger.

If an object, especially a ball, shaves something, it just touches its surface when it passes it:

With the goalkeeper beaten, the ball shaved the crossbar.

in sport, to intentionally score fewer points than possible in order to dishonestly or illegally affect the margin of victory in a game:

shave points He claimed he never shaved points or asked other athletes to do so.