sheared
/sheerd/US // ʃɪərd //
剪切的,剪切,剪切式,剪报
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : 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.
Synonyms & Antonyms
verbclip, cut
Forms: shears, shorn
Examples
There are sheared mink jackets with trailing trains that have been laser-cut so the fur looks almost like lace.
It was a land that had been sheared by the axe, torn by the winds, and blasted by fire.
One wall was completely sheared away and fragments of it chunked the ground.
After raising, the pieces are sheared (for better class work) in order to produce greater regularity in the length of the nap.
Then the cloth is slightly napped and sheared down close, in order to produce a smooth, even surface.
Sometimes the nap is sheared, but more often it is pressed down flat upon the face of the cloth.
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