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sheared

sheared

1 3.7
Cut close to the skin from hair, wool, or fur, often with clippers
  • adjective
  • /ʃɪrd/
: shear
  • The sheep were sheared in the spring to collect their wool for sweaters.

Examples

  • After the haircut, his hair was neatly sheared to a short length.

  • Now look at these hearty, aggressively sheared strips of meat.

  • You see it sheared out and it can work.

  • They don't cancel each other because it is sheared in this way.

  • And here they are a bit more sheared out so you can see it's kind of a similar texture vibe to these rather than like the Hollywood flawless filter family.

  • You know, I also had a camera on Totoro's top and we had problems because the, the, the HDMI cable somehow got sheared or broke inside and didn't work.

  • The gardener sheared the hedge to give it a tidy look.

Synonyms

to clip
vssheared
107 1.6

To cut hair or plants shorter with scissors

is about being removed more completely rather than a small trim
cut
vssheared
20 1.0

Neat and short after being trimmed with scissors or a machine

is more about being removed broadly with large scissors or trimmers than neat shortening
shorn
vssheared
7 6.6

Having hair or wool cut very short close to the skin

is the same meaning but a different word form
clipped
vssheared
6 3.7

Cut neatly to make a tidy shape, like a hedge or beard

describes wider removal using large scissors or an electric trimmer rather than neat trimming
to shear
vssheared
6 3.5

To cut wool or hair from an animal with large scissors

describes the material after it has been removed or shortened
to fleece
vssheared
1 4.2

Remove the wool from a sheep

describes the wool or fur already removed not the action of taking it off

Antonyms

1 8.2

An animal with thick natural wool or fur still on it

How Short

shaved
40 1.0
sheared
1 3.7
trimmed
8 1.0
uncut
6 3.9

Surface Forms

sheared positive

Morphology

sheared = shear (transparent) = shear + ed

Regular past-participial/adjectival formation from the verb 'shear' with the expected meaning 'having been shorn/cut'.

Etymology

Sheared comes from an old English word meaning 'to cut' and is the past form of shear, like using shears to remove hair or wool. So a sheared animal or person has had hair or wool cut off, often to make them feel cooler.