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/sheard/, adj.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.[1610-20; SHEAR + -ED2]
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sheared — sheared; un·sheared; … English syllables
sheared — [shird] adj. subjected to shearing; esp., designating fur trimmed to give it an even surface [sheared beaver] … English World dictionary
Sheared — Shear Shear (sh[=e]r), v. t. [imp. {Sheared}or {Shore};p. p. {Sheared} or {Shorn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shearing}.] [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re, Gr. ???.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sheared — Shear Shear (sh[=e]r), v. t. [imp. {Sheared}or {Shore};p. p. {Sheared} or {Shorn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shearing}.] [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re, Gr. ???.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sheared — adjective 1. having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers picked up the baby s shorn curls from the floor naked as a sheared sheep • Syn: ↑shorn • Ant: ↑unsheared 2. (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished… … Useful english dictionary
sheared — adjective Date: 1616 formed or finished by shearing; especially cut to uniform length < a sheared rug > … New Collegiate Dictionary
sheared — Synonyms and related words: abbreviated, abridged, abstracted, bobbed, capsule, capsulized, clipped, compressed, condensed, cropped, curtailed, cut short, digested, docked, elided, elliptic, mowed, mown, nipped, pollard, polled, pruned, reaped,… … Moby Thesaurus
sheared — adj. shaven, shorn, trimmed, cut off with a sharp tool ʃɪr /ʃɪə v. cut off hair or fleece; trim with a sharp tool; deprive of, take away … English contemporary dictionary
sheared — 1) adheres 2) headers … Anagrams dictionary
sheared DNA — DNA broken into fragments by mechanical action … Forensic science glossary
