shave something off something

Examples of shaved

shaved

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

And of course he was shaved, he had no hair anyway.
Incision sites were shaved and disinfected with povidone-iodine solution.
As a pellet is needed, it is removed from the storage pouch and shaved smooth with a tubular tool.
Following terminal anaesthesia the skin overlying the thorax was shaved, at the same time being sterilized with alcohol swabs.
The hamsters were first anaesthetized and their abdominal skin shaved and washed with alcohol.
Men with the shaved hairstyle appear in tunics and the hairstyle itself gradually becomes less marked and consistent.
Both wore white, carried staffs, shaved their heads and kept long beards.
The back of the animals was shaved and disinfected, and a longitudinal incision from mid to low thoracic vertebrae was made.
The man shaved in front of the mirror over the sink.
The area for surgery on the back of the animals was shaved and disinfected with ethanol.
The skin was shaved and an incision measuring 1 cm long was made through the skin and body wall.
A small portion of the bend was shaved off to compensate for the thickness of the ring.
The shaft shaved off excess clay and made the pellet smooth, shiny, and round.
Each creature had a cross shaved on the top of its hairy head.
His dervishes shaved their beards, wore earrings, and listened to music: ibid., 47.
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