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[ shawrn, shohrn ] / ʃɔrn, ʃoʊrn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR shorn ON THESAURUS.COM
verba past participle of shear. OTHER WORDS FROM shornun·shorn, adjectiveWords nearby shornShoreview, shoreward, shoreweed, Shorewood, shoring, shorn, short, short account, short-acting, shortage, short and sweet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shornEven shorn of all that gratuitous nudity, though, Drive He Said would be far from a masterpiece. Jack Nicholson Deserves a Better Biography Than This|Christopher Bray|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST The facades of two six-story buildings have been shorn off, allowing a glimpse into wrecked apartments. After Beirut Bombing of Wissan al-Hassan, a Wary Calm in Lebanon|Jamie Dettmer|October 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST Shorn of the details Romney seldom discusses, his drumbeat appeal is simple. Mitt Romney Is a Lot Like Thomas E. Dewey, the Equivocating Loser to Truman|Robert Shrum|June 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST The hair was shorn after the gassings, then efficiently dried in the crematoria so it could be industrially spun into carpeting. My Visit To Hell|Christopher Buckley|January 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He was no priest now—he was shorn of the profession which had been his life. The Perpetual Curate|Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant Shorn of these, both alike find their strength is gone from them. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O|Various In the great hall feasts were held for 100 poor people; but the palace now is shorn of a good deal of its grandeur. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter|Percy Addleshaw Hogs and Tegs: the first shearing of sheep that have not been shorn as lambs. Vegetable Dyes|Ethel M. Mairet It is shorn of the honors, both of a humane and patriotic enterprise, and merged in the responsibility of a political misdemeanor. Abolition a Sedition|Geo. W. Donohue
British Dictionary definitions for shorn
verba past participle of shear Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to shorntrim, snip, shave, mow, prune, fleece, groom, shorten, pare, crop, cut back |