sheared

[ sheerd ]

/ ʃɪərd /

adjective

shaped or completed by or as if by shearing.

trimmed to an even, symmetrical, or uniform length, as fur, shrubbery, etc.: a sheared muskrat coat.

Origin of sheared

First recorded in 1610–20; shear + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM sheared

un·sheared, adjective

Words nearby sheared

sheading, sheaf, shealing, shea nut, shear, sheared, Shearer, shear force, Shearing, shearing gang, shearing shed

Example sentences from the Web for sheared

There are sheared mink jackets with trailing trains that have been laser-cut so the fur looks almost like lace.
Chanel, Armani, and Givenchy Present Their Haute-Couture Collections in Paris|Robin Givhan|July 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Pleasant Valley boys and girls learned how wool is made into cloth after it has been sheared from the sheep.
Clothing and Health|Helen Kinne
At any rate, he lay very quiet until he was all sheared, and they let him run out into the yard.
Bobby of Cloverfield Farm|Helen Fuller Orton
After the floods it had sprung up to pine forests, and these in their turn had been sheared away by man.
Wayside Courtships|Hamlin Garland

“I mean that Gaslucky got sheared in the big deal the other day at Chicago,” Lucas explained.
A Fortnight of Folly|Maurice Thompson
She was cowed, however, into standing quiet, till her appendages had been sheared off by the determined scissors.
The Carbonels|Charlotte M. Yonge