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sheared

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sheared  (shîrd)
adj.
Shaped or finished by shearing, especially cut or trimmed to a uniform length: a sheared fur coat.
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Adj.1.sheared - 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"
shorn
unsheared, unshorn - not sheared; "a grizzly unshorn beard"; "unshorn sheep"
2.sheared - (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length; "a coat of sheared lamb"
cut - fashioned or shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet"
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