A coat of sheared lamb. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a sheared muskrat coat. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to shear wool from sheep. ,to shear sheep. ,to shear someone of power. ,Chimney swifts sheared the air. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : The cruiser sheared through the water. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : a sheep of one shear. From Dictionary.com.
A line of pain sheared through his torso, driving him to the floor, where he writhed, scrabbling at his back. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Eldest by Christopher Paolini] Reference
In newspaper offices you belong at once or you never belong; and to belong is to have your name sheared to as few syllables as possible. From Wordnik.com. [The Drums of Jeopardy] Reference
Conan's sword sheared through his skull as through a ripe melon. From Wordnik.com. [The Bloody Crown of Conan]
Kamahl's sword sheared through the falling club and cut the man's arm free. From Wordnik.com. [Odyssey]
With a furious oath Conan struck, and his sword sheared the horrid shape in half. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian]
The stroke of the sword sheared away some of the shield, but the blade broke in Sigurd's hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths] Reference
He started to yell, but the sound was cut off by a meaty chunk as Conan's sword sheared through his neck. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Freebooter]
Swung in both knobby hands, the broadsword sheared through the slender terminal portion of the tentacle., and Conan was free. From Wordnik.com. [Conan Of The Isles]
You know, the wing on the right side there kind of sheared off and pushed back a little bit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2005] Reference
It may be sheared again and then steamed and pressed. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
But the tentacles sheared off and the blue lights faded. From Wordnik.com. [The Beast of Space] Reference
Some were sheared from their cables by the planes 'impact. From Wordnik.com. [The Day That Changed America] Reference
The posts which had marked it were sheared neatly in half. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Mouse] Reference
And sheared the cloudy helm-crest and rents in his hauberk won. From Wordnik.com. [Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys] Reference
The masts and rigging have long been sheared off by ice and weather. From Wordnik.com. [HMS Investigator, Ship Lost For More Than 150 Years, Recovered In Canada] Reference
Melton -- A stout woolen cloth, fulled, sheared, and finished without. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
The bristles are to be sheared so as to work easily and leave no windage. From Wordnik.com. [Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.] Reference
During the height of the wind, part of the stadium's roof was sheared off. From Wordnik.com. [Renovation On Hyatt Regency, Still Damaged From Katrina, Began Wednesday] Reference
= Twilled cloth of silk and wool; finished in the rough, not singed or sheared. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Sergeant Schultz sheared deftly with clippers like a reaper in a field of corn. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
The feathers grow again, just as the wool grows on sheep that have been sheared. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
A gleaming silver dagger, larger than a Zeppelin, sheared, smashing to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Rocket] Reference
The sudden, violent wind sheared a 30-foot tree limb along the path nearly in half. From Wordnik.com. [Six-year-old Eric Lawson of Maryland youngest of 3 storm victims in D.C. area] Reference
The llamas were sheared either as a fashion statement or a "harvest" of their wool. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Poses: Farm Stands of Long Island's North Fork] Reference
Their small wooden cottage suffered no damage other than a few sheared-off shingles. From Wordnik.com. [Louisiana Mops Up] Reference
His case was incurable, just as much so as if an inch of his tongue had been sheared off. From Wordnik.com. [Stammering, Its Cause and Cure] Reference
Like somebody ran a chainsaw across the top of the valley and sheared off all the trees. From Wordnik.com. [Route 346] Reference
Jolda feeds raw wool, newly sheared off a sheep, into what she calls her carding contraption. From Wordnik.com. [California Woman Uses Local Cotton, Wool for her Clothes] Reference
Covert -- A twill-woven cloth sometimes with full face, sometimes sheared to imitate whipcord. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
Earlier this month, animalkeepers at the Roslin Institute in Scotland sheared Dolly the sheep. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Cloning] Reference
It sheared the crests off the racing billows and flung them over the boat in showers of spray. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Many were slain on both sides; Sir Mador had his head sheared from his shoulders by a stroke of. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
The stone is sheared off the backside, sloping not directly down, but gently away from the peak. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Matlack: Let 'er Rip] Reference
Sometimes the nap is sheared, but more often it is pressed down flat upon the face of the cloth. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
For women's wear it has light weight and plain colors with mixed effects and closely sheared nap. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
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