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Shorn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. A past participle of shear.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Simple past tense and past participle of shear.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

p. p. of shear.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Past participle of shear.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers

Word Usage

"It is well known that the wool of sheep dying of disease, if it had not been shorn from the animal while living, and also skins, if not thoroughly prepared by scouring, are liable to the effects described in this passage."

Variant

shear

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

Verb Stem

shear

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

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