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

As of Monday, the closure had sheared 16 million barrels from daily oil supplies, according to JPMorgan Chase analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal

Most of the trees around them were still upright, but their tops had been sheared off in the blast.

From Literature

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