Shorn : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Shorn	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Shorn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shorn adj 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" Synonym(s): sheared, shorn Antonym(s): unsheared, unshorn
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shorn \Shorn\, p. p. of {Shear}.