Sheared

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shear \Shear\ (sh[=e]r), v. t. [imp. {Sheared}or {Shore};p. p.
     {Sheared} or {Shorn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shearing}.] [OE.
     sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran,
     scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re,
     Gr. ???. Cf. {Jeer}, {Score}, {Shard}, {Share}, {Sheer} to
     turn aside.]


     1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like
        instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
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     Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from
           sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.
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     2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument;
        to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to
        shear a fleece.
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              Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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     4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
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     5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See
        {Shear}, n., 4.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sheared
       adj 1: having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears
              or clippers; "picked up the baby's shorn curls from
              the floor"; "naked as a sheared sheep" [syn: {shorn}]
              [ant: {unsheared}]
       2: (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by
          cutting or trimming to a uniform length; "a coat of
          sheared lamb"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "sheared":
     abbreviated, abridged, abstracted, bobbed, capsule, capsulized,
     clipped, compressed, condensed, cropped, curtailed, cut short,
     digested, docked, elided, elliptic, mowed, mown, nipped, pollard,
     polled, pruned, reaped, shaved, short-cut, shortened, snub,
     snubbed, trimmed