2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shear  \Shear\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Sheared}or  {Shore};p.  p.  {Sheared} 
  or  {Shorn};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Shearing}.]  [OE.  sheren, 
  scheren  to  shear,  cut,  shave,  AS  sceran,  scieran  scyran 
  akin  to  D.  &  G.  scheren  Icel.  skera,  Dan.  ski?re,  Gr  ???. 
  Cf  {Jeer},  {Score},  {Shard},  {Share},  {Sheer}  to  turn 
  aside.] 
  1.  To  cut,  clip,  or  sever  anything  from  with  shears  or  a  like 
  instrument;  as  to  shear  sheep;  to  shear  cloth. 
 
  Note:  It  is  especially  applied  to  the  cutting  of  wool  from 
  sheep  or  their  skins,  and  the  nap  from  cloth. 
 
  2.  To  separate  or  sever  with  shears  or  a  similar  instrument; 
  to  cut  off  to  clip  something  from  a  surface;  as  to 
  shear  a  fleece. 
 
  Before  the  golden  tresses  .  .  .  were  shorn  away 
  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  reap,  as  grain.  [Scot.]  --Jamieson. 
 
  4.  Fig.:  To  deprive  of  property;  to  fleece. 
 
  5.  (Mech.)  To  produce  a  change  of  shape  in  by  a  shear.  See 
  {Shear},  n.,  4. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sheared 
  adj  1:  having  the  hair  or  wool  cut  or  clipped  off  as  if  with  shears 
  or  clippers;  "picked  up  the  baby's  shorn  curls  from 
  the  floor";  "naked  as  a  sheared  sheep"  [syn:  {shorn}] 
  [ant:  {unsheared}] 
  2:  (used  especially  of  fur  or  wool)  shaped  or  finished  by 
  cutting  or  trimming  to  a  uniform  length;  "a  coat  of 
  sheared  lamb" 

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