[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/shearer/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / shearer

# shearer

noun (a shearer, shearers)

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

## Everyday

1. A shearer is a person whose job is to cut the wool off sheep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shearer/#m1)
2. A shearer can be any person or machine that shears or cuts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shearer/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and history lessons about Australia and New Zealand, shearers travel from farm to farm in shearing season, working in a woolshed; fast shearers can shear hundreds of sheep in a day. It is hard physical work. Phrases: «a sheep shearer», «gun shearer» (Australia, NZ slang: a very fast, skilled shearer), «shearers' cook».

### Examples

- The shearer clipped the fleece off in one piece. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shearer/#x1)
- Shearers travel from station to station in the spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shearer/#x2)
- A gun shearer can shear over 200 sheep a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shearer/#x3)
- The shearer's back aches after a long day in the woolshed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shearer/#x4)
- My uncle is a shearer in New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shearer/#x5)
- Shearing doesn't hurt the sheep, like a haircut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shearer/#x6)
- If one shearer takes 4 minutes per sheep, how many can she shear in an hour? 15. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shearer/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a shearer, shearers. Verb: shear (sheared, shorn). Do not confuse «shear» (cut) with «sheer» (steep or see-through).

## In Jewish tradition

A shearer is someone who cuts the wool off sheep. In Genesis, Judah goes up to his sheep-shearers at Timnah, when sheep-shearing was a time of work and feasting.

**Interpretation.** Sheep-shearing time was a busy season, and the story of Judah and Tamar happens when he goes to it.

### Examples

- And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. (Torah GEN.38.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shearer/#x1)
- And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim; and Absalom invited all the king's sons. (Prophets 2SA.13.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shearer/#x2)
- And Absalom came to the king, and said: 'Behold now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.' (Prophets 2SA.13.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shearer/#x3)
- shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?' (Prophets 1SA.25.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shearer/#x4)

### Note

Countable: a shearer, shearers. Verb: shear (sheared, shorn). Do not confuse «shear» (cut) with «sheer» (steep or see-through).

## On Mova

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