Shorn

Word SHORN
Character 5
Hyphenation shorn
Pronunciations /ʃɔːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Shorn"

What do we mean by shorn?

Past participle of shear. noun

P. p. of shear.

Simple past tense and past participle of shear. verb

Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers adjective

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.

Well manicured, tightly shaven or trimmed. Urban Dictionary

Intercoursed in the anus with a corn husk Urban Dictionary

A word particularly effective when exaggerated (SHHOOOOORRN-ZZZ)and pronounced in a deep/bassy voice. Usually uttered/bellowed in situations of enormous bordem and/or insanity. Dates back to the times of "King Glegluna" (1376 - '84 - Mongilia) The word was bellowed through a large horn, which marked the day that it was legal to breed Wombats with Grey Hounds. Urban Dictionary

A bald, hairless, completely shaved cock and balls. Urban Dictionary

The act of throwing a shit covered midget into a crowd of Hispanic women. This is a historic activity local to the Miami area. Urban Dictionary

A rat: to rat on someone Urban Dictionary

When everything just feels off or indifferent, or sometimes the opposite. It depends on the situation. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Shorn

The word "shorn" in example sentences

It is well known that the wool of sheep dying of disease, if it had not been shorn from the animal while living, and also skins, if not thoroughly prepared by scouring, are liable to the effects described in this passage. ❋ Unknown (1871)

Deprived at one blow of most of his precedents, "shorn" -- as the Breach of Promise Reports puts it -- "of its usual attractions," FIBBINS's speech becomes an impotent affair. ❋ Various (N/A)

He seemed to her always a kind of shorn Samson when afield from politics, and now, as she had often done, she drew him to speak of what he knew best. ❋ Mark Lee Luther (N/A)

A woman would not like to be "shorn" or (what is worse) "shaven"; but if she chooses to be uncovered (unveiled) in front, let her be so also behind, that is, "shorn." ❋ Unknown (1871)

The former MP said the SNP's plan for a referendum Bill, which offers a say on degrees of enhanced devolution, will leave Scotland "shorn" of the power needed.

But first the American sheeple will have to wake up, object to being "shorn", and pick up their pots and pans! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Shorts is also in the same family of words, conveying the idea of pants that have been cut, shorn, or shortened. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

Mr. Wallace was shorn back in October, two months before he hit the 1,000-yard receiving mark, a task that Mr. Roethlisberger had made him promise to complete by the time he hit that milestone. ❋ Aditi Kinkhabwala (2011)

'His locks had not been shorn in many long years': AC Grayling. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Then arose Anthony the Seer, a man whose locks had not been shorn during the many long years he communed with the ancients in his cave of making. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Arya is shorn and forlorn, out on her own with only Needle to keep her warm and safe. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Trapped in the swamp between defence and attack, and receiving scant assistance from a Michael Essien seemingly shorn of his prodigious power. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He said he started going bald after his hair was unceremoniously shorn from his head, and he's convinced that there's a connection. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The assumption seems to be that a review must be free-standing, shorn of the useful context consideration of existing commentary on a book might offer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Beside her on the table is a trio of shorn Barbies wearing prison uniforms. ❋ Frances O’Roark Dowell (2011)

She looks at her followers as sheep and what are sheep for if not to be shorn? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Seeing her shorn pussy he had no other choice but to [dive in] and [feast] upon the [spoils]! ❋ Matthew Love (2018)

"No! [I don't wanna] get shorn!" ❋ Lcmpg (2007)

1) 4:30am on a Sunday night, slight [drizzle], piercingly [cold wind], the night has been used up... Gazing into an empty McDonalds [Carpark], look left.. stillness.. [look right]..at your friend sitting in the car next to you, hands on he's ears, head down, leaning an inch away from the horn. Look forward.. nothing.. stillness.... when all of a sudden you see something move in your [peripheral] vision to your right.. you look over and your friend is looking at you with a look of crazed insanity mixed with desperation.. he looks forward, takes a deep breath and lets out a bellowing.... "SHOOOOOORRRNNSSSS!!!" 2) a word that may provide a code name for a certain person, place, or thing. eg. Man 1 - "Where are you going Frank?" Man 2 - "Settle the fuck down Steven! I'm going to Shorns house to get a cappucino, you comin?" As you can see in this particular scenario, "Shorns House" has been applied to the word "Maccas", or "McDonalds" ❋ Steeeeevvennnnnn (2008)

Rachel loves my [shorn dog]. She can’t get enough. Getting a little [overgrown] [down there]. Time for a shorn dog. ❋ Eaton Holgoode (2018)

I was down in [Miami] with your mother [last weekend] and someone pulled off The Miami Midget Shorn. The [slippery midget] got shit all over your mothers new dress. ❋ Dr. Shornington (2022)

[That guy] [straight] shorned me! ❋ Marty Bridgewater (2014)

"Man, I wish things are like they were before." "Yeah, ever since the leader [got fed] [up over] some minor things, everything just changed." "He's kind of a [SHORN]" "Indeed" ❋ Intorbital Fertel (2021)

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