Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sheared"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shear \Shear\, 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. ???.
Cf. {Jeer}, {Score}, {Shard}, {Share}, {Sheer} to turn
aside.]
1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like
instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from
sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.
2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument;
to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to
shear a fleece.
Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away.
--Shak.
3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See
{Shear}, n., 4.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sheared
adj 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 by
cutting or trimming to a uniform length; "a coat of
sheared lamb"
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