shear

shear
(pp shorn [ʃɔːn] or sheared)
[ʃɪə(r)]
verbo transitivo
1esquilar (sheep)
  • to be shorn of something (sentido figurado) -> verse despojado(a) de algo
verbo intransitivo
2(cut)
  • to shear through something -> atravesar or cortar algo

shear [shiar]
participio pasivo
1Sheared o SHORN).
2Atusar, recortar o igualar el pelo con tijera; trasquilar (cut down).
3Tundir, cortar el pelo de los paños e igualarlo con tijera; trasquilar.
4Esquilar, quitar con la tijera el pelo, vellón o lana de los ganados.
5Cortar cualquier cosa mediante el roce o presión de otras dos, como cortar hierba con los dientes, etc. Shearing-time, esquileo, el tiempo en que se esquilla.
  • Shearing-machine -> esquiladora mecánica
va. (pret. SHEARED o SHORE,

shear [ʃɪəʳ] sheared sheared shorn (participle:past)
verb:transitive
[+sheep] esquilar
to be shorn of sth quedar pelado de algo; quedar sin algo
verb:intransitive
(give way) partirse; romperse
the accident happened when a metal clip sheared under the strain—HC if you put too much weight on them the bolts will simply shear (through)—HC

Verb Conjugation for "shear"

Imperative
  • shear
  • you shear
  • he/she shears
  • we shear
  • you shear
  • they shear
Preterite
  • I sheared
  • you sheared
  • he/she sheared
  • we sheared
  • you sheared
  • they sheared
Present Continuous
  • I am shearing
  • you are shearing
  • he/she is shearing
  • we are shearing
  • you are shearing
  • they are shearing
Present Perfect
  • I have sheared
  • you have sheared
  • he/she has sheared
  • we have sheared
  • you have sheared
  • they have sheared
Past Continuous
  • I was shearing
  • you were shearing
  • he/she was shearing
  • we were shearing
  • you were shearing
  • they were shearing
Past Perfect
  • I had sheared
  • you had sheared
  • he/she had sheared
  • we had sheared
  • you had sheared
  • they had sheared
Future
  • I will shear
  • you will shear
  • he/she will shear
  • we will shear
  • you will shear
  • they will shear
Future Perfect
  • I will have sheared
  • you will have sheared
  • he/she will have sheared
  • we will have sheared
  • you will have sheared
  • they will have sheared
Future Continuous
  • I will be shearing
  • you will be shearing
  • he/she will be shearing
  • we will be shearing
  • you will be shearing
  • they will be shearing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been shearing
  • you have been shearing
  • he/she has been shearing
  • we have been shearing
  • you have been shearing
  • they have been shearing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been shearing
  • you will have been shearing
  • he/she will have been shearing
  • we will have been shearing
  • you will have been shearing
  • they will have been shearing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been shearing
  • you had been shearing
  • he/she had been shearing
  • we had been shearing
  • you had been shearing
  • they had been shearing
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