sheared

[ sheerd ]

/ ʃɪərd /

adjective

shaped or completed by or as if by shearing.

trimmed to an even, symmetrical, or uniform length, as fur, shrubbery, etc.: a sheared muskrat coat.

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Origin of sheared

First recorded in 1610–20; shear + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM sheared

un·sheared, adjective

Words nearby sheared

shear stress, shear stud, shear transformation, shear wave, shear zone, sheared, shearer, shearing, shearing gang, shearing shed, shearlegs

Definition for sheared (2 of 2)

shear

[ sheer ]

/ ʃɪər /

verb (used with object), sheared, sheared or shorn, shear·ing.

to cut (something).

to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument: to shear wool from sheep.

to cut or clip the hair, fleece, wool, etc., from: to shear sheep.

to strip or deprive (usually followed by of): to shear someone of power.

Chiefly Scot. to reap with a sickle.

to travel through by or as if by cutting: Chimney swifts sheared the air.

verb (used without object), sheared, sheared or shorn, shear·ing.

to cut or cut through something with a sharp instrument.

to progress by or as if by cutting: The cruiser sheared through the water.

Mechanics, Geology. to become fractured along a plane as a result of forces acting parallel to the plane.

Chiefly Scot. to reap crops with a sickle.

noun

Usually shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)

scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.

the act or process of shearing or being sheared.

a shearing of sheep (used in stating the age of sheep): a sheep of one shear.

the quantity, especially of wool or fleece, cut off at one shearing.

one blade of a pair of large scissors.

Usually shears. (usually used with a plural verb) Also sheers. Also called shear legs, sheerlegs. a framework for hoisting heavy weights, consisting of two or more spars with their legs separated, fastened together near the top and steadied by guys, which support a tackle.

a machine for cutting rigid material, as metal in sheet or plate form, by moving the edge of a blade through it.

Mechanics, Geology. the tendency of forces to deform or fracture a member or a rock in a direction parallel to the force, as by sliding one section against another.

Physics. the lateral deformation produced in a body by an external force, expressed as the ratio of the lateral displacement between two points lying in parallel planes to the vertical distance between the planes.

Origin of shear

before 900; (v.) Middle English sheren, Old English sceran, cognate with Dutch, German scheren, Old Norse skera; (noun) (in sense “tool for shearing”) Middle English sheres (plural), continuing Old English scērero, scēar, two words derived from the same root as the v.

OTHER WORDS FROM shear

shear·er, nounshear·less, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH shear

shear sheer

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Example sentences from the Web for sheared

There are sheared mink jackets with trailing trains that have been laser-cut so the fur looks almost like lace.
Chanel, Armani, and Givenchy Present Their Haute-Couture Collections in Paris|Robin Givhan|July 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Pleasant Valley boys and girls learned how wool is made into cloth after it has been sheared from the sheep.
Clothing and Health|Helen Kinne
At any rate, he lay very quiet until he was all sheared, and they let him run out into the yard.
Bobby of Cloverfield Farm|Helen Fuller Orton
After the floods it had sprung up to pine forests, and these in their turn had been sheared away by man.
Wayside Courtships|Hamlin Garland

“I mean that Gaslucky got sheared in the big deal the other day at Chicago,” Lucas explained.
A Fortnight of Folly|Maurice Thompson
She was cowed, however, into standing quiet, till her appendages had been sheared off by the determined scissors.
The Carbonels|Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for sheared

shear

/ (ʃɪə) /

verb shears, shearing or sheared or Australian and NZ shore, sheared or shorn

(tr) to remove (the fleece or hair) of (sheep, etc) by cutting or clipping

to cut or cut through (something) with shears or a sharp instrument

engineering to cause (a part, member, shaft, etc) to deform or fracture or (of a part, etc) to deform or fracture as a result of excess torsion or transverse load

(tr often foll by of) to strip or divestto shear someone of his power

(when intr, foll by through) to move through (something) by or as if by cutting

Scot to reap (corn, etc) with a scythe or sickle

noun

the act, process, or an instance of shearing

a shearing of a sheep or flock of sheep, esp when referred to as an indication of agea sheep of two shears

a form of deformation or fracture in which parallel planes in a body or assembly slide over one another

physics the deformation of a body, part, etc, expressed as the lateral displacement between two points in parallel planes divided by the distance between the planes

either one of the blades of a pair of shears, scissors, etc

a machine that cuts sheet material by passing a knife blade through it

a device for lifting heavy loads consisting of a tackle supported by a framework held steady by guy ropes

Derived forms of shear

shearer, noun

Word Origin for shear

Old English sceran; related to Old Norse skera to cut, Old Saxon, Old High German skeran to shear; see share ²

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Scientific definitions for sheared

shear

[ shîr ]

A force, movement or pressure applied to an object perpendicular to a given axis, with greater value on one side of the axis than the other. See more at shear force stress strain.

See skew.

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verb (used with object), sheared, sheared or shorn, shear·ing.

verb (used without object), sheared, sheared or shorn, shear·ing.

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verb (used with object), sheared, sheared or shorn, shear·ing.

verb (used without object), sheared, sheared or shorn, shear·ing.

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verb shears, shearing or sheared or Australian and NZ shore, sheared or shorn

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