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sheared

[ sheerd ]

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 Words From

  • un·sheared adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sheared1

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

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

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

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The pilot who survived a deadly plane crash in Nepal was saved after his cockpit was sheared off by a freight container seconds before the rest of the aircraft crashed in flames.

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

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.

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