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Adjective: sheared  shi(-u)rd
  1. Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers
    "naked as a sheared sheep"
    - shorn
     
  2. (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length
    "a coat of sheared lamb"
Verb: shear  shir [N. Amer], shi-u(r) [Brit]
  1. Cut to the desired shape or thickness using shears
    "shear hedges"
     
  2. Shave the wool from
    "shear sheep"
    - fleece
     
  3. Cut or cut through with shears
    "shear the wool off the lamb"
     
  4. Become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain

See also: cut, shearer, shearing, shears

Type of: change, clip, crop, cut, cut back, dress, lop, prune, shave, snip, trim

Antonym: unsheared

Encyclopedia: Shear