shorn
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- IPA /ʃɔːn/
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shorn verb
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
- To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
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fleecedskinheadedsheepyshaggedroughshodpluckedsheepishsheddedruggedwooledhewnshagroachedshaggyruffedhead-shy
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