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Subjected To A Shearing Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "SHORN" which means:
- adjective
- • Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers verb
- • To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- • To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
- • To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- • To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- • To make a vertical cut in the coal.
- • To reap, as grain.
- • To deprive of property; to fleece.
An example sentence would be:
- • "Sheep need to be shorn regularly to get rid of their thick wool."
- • "The lamb had a cute, shorn coat."
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