What is the meaning of sheared?

verb

  • Cut with shears.
    • usage: "shear hedges"
  • Shear the wool from.
    • usage: "shear sheep"
  • Cut or cut through with shears.
    • usage: "shear the wool off the lamb"
  • Become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain.

adjective

  • Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers.
    • usage: "picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor"; "naked as a sheared sheep"
  • Used especially of fur or wool. ( shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length)
    • usage: "a coat of sheared lamb"
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