vverb.contactcut with shearsDerivationally Related Form:shearingshearershears
Hypernyms:clip crop cut back dress lop prune snip trim
Inherited Hypernyms:shearsnipthin outreducedecreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contactshear the wool fromSynset:fleece shear
Derivationally Related Form:shearingshearsshearerfleece
Hypernyms:shave trim
Inherited Hypernyms:fleeceshavecutshortenchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactcut or cut through with shearsExamples:- shear the wool off the lamb
Derivationally Related Form:shearingshearershear
Hypernyms:cut
Inherited Hypernyms:shearcutseparatemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strainTopic:natural philosophyphysics
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:shearchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
adjadj.allhaving the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippersSynset:shorn
Examples:- picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor
- naked as a sheared sheep
Antonyms:unsheared
Inherited Hypernyms:sheared
adj satadj.all(used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform lengthAntonyms:uncut
Inherited Hypernyms:sheared
Similar to:cut