sheared Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb cut with shears
   shear.
   
   • shear hedges
2. verb shear the wool from
   fleece; shear.
   
   • shear sheep
3. verb cut or cut through with shears
   shear.
   
   • shear the wool off the lamb
4. verb become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
   shear.
   
5. adjective having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers
   shorn.
   
   • picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor
   • naked as a sheared sheep
6. adjective satellite (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length
   
   • a coat of sheared lamb

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