sheared Definition

shear
verb sheared (past tense), sheared (past participle), shorn, shearing (present participle)

1. To clip or cut off something, especially with a large pair of clippers.

Thesaurus: shave, cut, sever, cleave.
2. To cut the fleece off (a sheep).
3. To cut excess nap from (fabric).
4. To strip or deprive them of it.

Example: We'll have to shear him of his privileges
Example: He was shorn of all authority
Form: shear someone of something (usually)
tr & intr
5. engineering, physics.
To subject to a shear.
Form: shear off (also)

noun

1. The act of shearing.
2. A large pair of clippers, or a scissor-like cutting tool with a pivot or spring.

Form: shears
3. engineering, physics.
A force acting parallel to a plane rather than at right angles to it.

Derivative: shearer
noun

Someone who shears sheep.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon sceran.