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SHEARED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length

Example:

a coat of sheared lamb

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

cut (fashioned or shaped by cutting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers

Example:

naked as a sheared sheep

Synonyms:

sheared; shorn

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

unsheared (not sheared)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb shear

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