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# sheared

verb past form of shear (shear, shears, sheared, shearing; also past participle shorn)

«sheared» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Sheared means had the wool cut off: the sheep were sheared. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheared/#m1)
2. Sheared means cut with shears or a sharp tool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheared/#m2)
3. Sheared off means broke off because of a strong sideways force. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheared/#m3)

### In the lessons

In farming life (Australia, NZ, UK): sheep are sheared once a year for their wool. In science and building: a bolt sheared off under too much force. Phrases: sheared sheep, sheared off.

### Examples

- The farmer sheared fifty sheep in one day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheared/#x1)
- The sheared sheep looked thin and cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheared/#x2)
- The bolt sheared off in the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheared/#x3)
- The hedge was sheared into a neat shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheared/#x4)
- Wool from sheared sheep is spun into yarn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheared/#x5)
- The branch sheared off the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheared/#x6)
- At shearing time, wishing to take his fleece and to avoid expense, she sheared him herself, but used the shears so unskillfully that with the fleece she sheared the flesh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheared/#x7)

### Note

Past tense: sheared; past participle sheared or shorn ("shorn sheep"). Homophone trap: sheer (very steep; complete; thin) sounds like shear. In maths: if a shearer does 50 sheep a day, 200 sheep take 4 days.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sheared» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sheared/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sheared» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sheared.html) on Mova free.