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Adjective sheared has 2 senses

sheared, shorn - 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"
Antonyms: unsheared, unshorn
sheared - (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length; "a coat of sheared lamb"
Antonyms: uncut, rough (indirect, via cut)

Verb shear has 3 senses

shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges"
--₁ is one way to snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back

Derived forms: noun shear₂, noun shearer₂, noun shearing₁
Sample sentences:
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fleece, shear - shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
--₂ is one way to shave, trim

Derived forms: noun shear₂, noun shearer₃, noun shearing₁
Sample sentence:
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shear - cut or cut through with shears
--₃ is one way to cut

Derived forms: noun shear₃, noun shearer₂, noun shearing₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something