shorn
[ shawrn, shohrn ]
/ ʃɔrn, ʃoʊrn /
verb
a past participle of shear.
OTHER WORDS FROM shorn
un·shorn, adjectiveWords nearby shorn
shoreview,
shoreward,
shoreweed,
shorewood,
shoring,
shorn,
short,
short account,
short and sweet,
short ballot,
short bill
Definition for shorn (2 of 2)
shear
[ sheer ]
/ ʃɪər /
verb (used with object), sheared, sheared or shorn, shear·ing.
verb (used without object), sheared, sheared or shorn, shear·ing.
noun
Origin of shear
before 900; (v.) Middle English
sheren, Old English
sceran, cognate with Dutch, German
scheren, Old Norse
skera; (noun) (in sense “tool for shearing”) Middle English
sheres (plural), continuing Old English
scērero, scēar, two words derived from the same root as the v.
OTHER WORDS FROM shear
shear·er, noun shear·less, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH shear
shear sheerExample sentences from the Web for shorn
British Dictionary definitions for shorn (1 of 2)
British Dictionary definitions for shorn (2 of 2)
shear
/ (ʃɪə) /
verb shears, shearing or sheared or Australian and NZ shore, sheared or shorn
noun
Derived forms of shear
shearer, nounWord Origin for shear
Old English
sceran; related to Old Norse
skera to cut, Old Saxon, Old High German
skeran to shear; see
share ²
Scientific definitions for shorn
shear
[ shîr ]
A force, movement or pressure applied to an object perpendicular to a given axis, with greater value on one side of the axis than the other. See more at shear force stress strain.
See skew.