shear [ʃɪəʳ] sheared sheared shorn (participle:past)
shear
shear(
shir
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to cut off)
2. (to deprive)
a. despojar
The boxing match was shorn of its main event because Duffy suffered a concussion in training.La pelea fue despojada de su evento principal, debido a que Duffy sufrió una conmoción cerebral en el entrenamiento.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
3. (to give way)
a. romperse
The cliff sheared away and rocks came tumbling down.El acantilado se rompió y las rocas se vinieron abajo.
4. (to cut through)
a. atravesar
The bulldozers sheared through the jungle leaving swaths of open space.Los bulldozers atravesaron la selva dejando franjas de espacio abierto.
shears
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
5. (scissors)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
With his shears in hand, Michael went to the garden to to prune the rose bushes.Con las tijeras de podar en mano, Michael fue al jardÃn para podar los rosales.
b. las podaderas (F) (gardening)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Morgana took out the shears to prune the bushes and trees.Morgana sacó las podaderas para podar los arbustos y árboles.
c. las tijeras de esquilar (F) (sheep or cattle)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Rebecca used some shears to cut the wool off the alpaca.Rebecca utilizó tijeras de esquilar para cortar la lana de la alpaca.
d. las cizallas (F) (metal)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Edward cut the cable with a pair of shears.Edward cortó el cable con unas cizallas.
sheartransitive verbintransitive verb
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (sheep)
a. esquilar
2. (fig)
a.
to be shorn of somethingverse despojado(a) de algo
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
3. (cut)
a.
to shear through somethingatravesar or cortar algo
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