1
[ adjective ] having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers

Synonyms

shorn

Examples

"picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor" "naked as a sheared sheep"

Related terms

unsheared

2
[ adjective ] (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length

Examples

"a coat of sheared lamb"

Related terms

cut

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Rhymes with

eared seared geared smeared beard weird cleared revered

Phonetic and Homophones

SH IH1 R D Sheard

Similar Spelling

shared Sheard shard seared shred Sharda shrewd share-out

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