shear
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- pronunciation:
- shir
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
shears, shearing, sheared, shorn |
| definition: |
When someone shears a sheep, they cut the sheep's wool very short with a cutting tool.
The farmers will shear their sheep in the spring. |
| related words: |
clip, crop, cut, trim |
| derivation: |
shearer (n.) |
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sheer sound alike but have different meanings.