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shird

  • v  cut with shears
  • v  shear the wool from
  • v  cut or cut through with shears
  • v  become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
  • a  having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers
    naked as a sheared sheep
  • s  (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length
    a coat of sheared lamb

  • They sheared off the entire front and replaced it with a huge, bright, vivid screenthat touchscreen Jobs got so excited about a few paragraphs ago.
  • The jet's stabilizer sheared off the Piper's top, decapitating Kramer and his two passengers.
  • You could make your own clothes with needle and thread using 100% organic cotton sheared from sheep you raised on a Whole Foods diet, but the environmental quality of your wardrobe .
News & Articles

  • Vauxhall VX220 Reviews
    Engine mount sheared. A £80 bolt-on repair. Nothing else at all has gone wrong. I saw a VX220 at the 2002 car show in Birmingham and fell in love. I saved up and bought one the next year.
    June 11, 2013 - Carsurvey.org
  • Man hurt in crash identified by police
    Police have identified the teenage driver injured in the single-car crash that sheared two light poles Friday night along East Mill Plain Boulevard.
    June 11, 2013 - The Columbian
  • Parents warned after teen killed 'hill hopping'
    JEFFERSON, Ore.  -- Police were urging parents to talk to their teens about the dangers of "hill-hopping" after a teenager died over the weekend. Nicolas Jolly, 19, was killed after going on a high-speed joyride when his car flew into a power pole and was sheared in half.  Deputies say they found the entire front end of the 1995 Honda Civic, including the engine, front windshield and dashboard ...
    June 11, 2013 - KTVB Boise
Quotes

  • Joaquin Phoenix in PETA (press release)
    I used to think that wool came from animals who were merely sheared and allowed to live fairly decent lives, writes Phoenix. "I was shocked to learn from my friends at PETA that Australian farmers cut huge chunks of skin and flesh from...
  • Shaun Higgins in Melbourne Herald Sun
    I basically woke up on the Thursday with the news that the ankle had undergone a full reconstruction,Higgins said. "Pretty much every ligament had ripped off and it had dislocated. It had also sheared off a fair bit of bone. It wasn't the...
  • Anthony Watmough in The Australian
    Williams took the easy way, and "he just sheared him like a sheep," Watmough said.

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