sheared

American  

[sheerd] / ʃɪərd /

adjective

1. shaped or completed by or as if by shearing.

2. trimmed to an even, symmetrical, or uniform length, as fur, shrubbery, etc..

   a sheared muskrat coat.

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Other Word Forms

• unsheared adjective

Etymology

Origin of sheared

First recorded in 1610–20; shear + -ed ²

Example Sentences

It’s a two-story house with the front sheared off so the audience can see all the rooms at once.

From Los Angeles Times

That building still stood, but the walls on the second floor were sheared off.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms Rojas said the forces on the front platform of the sub sheared the clamp and the dome vacuum broke.

From BBC

Some 11 million years ago, a large meteor impact on Mars sheared away parts of the planet and sent the rocks hurtling into space.

From Science Daily

The paper also considers how a sheared flow, which occurs when adjacent particles move at different flow speeds, can impact the pedestal height and width.

From Science Daily