shave

1) Shave – Shaved – Shaven

• More common in British English, though less frequent today.
• Shaven is used as the past participle, especially in adjectival contexts.
• Examples:
  • He has shaven his beard off.

  • A clean-shaven man walked into the room.

    2) Shave – Shaved – Shaved

• Standard in American English.
• Shaved is used for both the past tense and the past participle.
• Examples:
  • He shaved this morning.

  • She has shaved her legs.

    Special Note

• Both forms are correct in British and American English, but each region has its preference.

• In modern usage, shaved is more common overall, while shaven survives mostly in set phrases or adjectival use (clean-shaven, fresh-shaven).

  Summary

• Shaven → older British participle, now mostly adjectival.
• Shaved → dominant modern form in American English, also widely accepted in British English.
• Both are correct, but shaved is the more universal modern choice.