shear

Pronúncia: ʃɪəʳ
    transitive verb [past participle shorn]
  1. [sheep] esquilar, tondre.
  2. to shear off treure tallant.
  3. the machine sheared off his finger la màquina li va tallar (en rodó) un dit.
    4. intransitive verb
  4. to shear through tallar pel dret, tallar.
  5. shorn of desproveït de, sense.
  6. shorn of outside aid we cannot go on sense ajut exterior no podem continuar.