"sheared" in the verb sense
1. shear
cut with shears
"shear hedges"
2. fleece, shear
shear the wool from
"shear sheep"
3. shear
cut or cut through with shears
"shear the wool off the lamb"
4. shear
become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
"sheared" in the adjective sense
1. sheared, shorn
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"
2. sheared
used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length
"a coat of sheared lamb"
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