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1 shear
ʃiəpast tense - sheared; verb1) (to clip or cut wool from (a sheep).) esquilar2) ((past tense shorn: often with off) to cut (hair) off: All her curls have been shorn off.) cortar3) ((past tense shorn: especially with of) to cut hair from (someone): He has been shorn (of all his curls).) cortar4) (to cut or (cause to) break: A piece of the steel girder sheared off.) partir(se), romper(se)•- shearsshear vb esquilartr[ʃɪəSMALLr/SMALL]3 SMALLTECHNICAL/SMALL (bolt, shaft) romper1 (gen) tijeras nombre femenino plural (grandes); (for hedges) podadera f sing; (for metal) cizalla f sing, cizallas nombre femenino plural\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be shorn of something ser despojado,-a de algo, quedarse sin algo1) : esquilar, trasquilarto shear sheep: trasquilar ovejas2) cut: cortar (el pelo, etc.)n.• esquileo s.m.• tijeras grandes s.f.pl.v.(§ p.,p.p.: sheared) or p.p.: shorn•) = cortar con cizallas v.• esquilar (Agricultura) v.• motilar v.• tonsurar v.• trasquilar v.• tundir v.• tusar v.ʃɪr, ʃɪə(r)
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1) (past sheared; past p shorn) \<\<sheep\>\> esquilar, trasquilar; \<\<hair/curls\>\> cortarto be shorn OF something — (frml) ser* despojado de algo (frml)
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a) ( cut)to shear THROUGH something — atravesar* algo
b) ( break) romperse*[ʃɪǝ(r)] (pt sheared) (pp sheared, shorn)to shear off — romperse*
1.VT [+ sheep] esquilarto be shorn of sth — (fig) quedar pelado de algo, quedar sin algo
2.VI (=give way) partirse, romperse* * *[ʃɪr, ʃɪə(r)]
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1) (past sheared; past p shorn) \<\<sheep\>\> esquilar, trasquilar; \<\<hair/curls\>\> cortarto be shorn OF something — (frml) ser* despojado de algo (frml)
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a) ( cut)to shear THROUGH something — atravesar* algo
b) ( break) romperse*to shear off — romperse*
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2 shear
s.1 esfuerzo al corte.2 cizalla.vt.1 esquilar (sheep)2 atusar, recortar o igualar el pelo con tijera; trasquilar (cut down).3 tundir, cortar el pelo de los paños e igualarlo con tijera; trasquilar.4 esquilar, quitar con la tijera el pelo, vellón o lana de los ganados.5 cortar 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.6 cizallar, cortar.7 fallar al corte.8 despojar.vi. (cortar)to shear through something atravesar o cortar algo(pt sheared; pp shorn o sheared) -
3 oveja
oveja sustantivo femenino ( nombre genérico) sheep; ( hembra) ewe; la oveja negra the black sheep; la oveja descarriada (Bib) the lost sheep
oveja sustantivo femenino
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2 (hembra) ewe: compró dos ovejas y un carnero, he bought two ewes and a ram
3 fig (persona) la oveja descarriada/negra, the lost/black sheep ➣ Ver nota en cordero
' oveja' also found in these entries: Spanish: cordera - cordero - taba - trasquilar - borrego - descarriado - parir - uña English: black - bleat - ewe - fleece - mutton - shear - sheep - uncommon -
4 fleece
fli:s
1. noun(a sheep's coat of wool.) vellón
2. verb(to cut wool from (sheep).) esquilar- fleecytr[fliːs]1 (sheep's coat, fabric) lana2 (sheared) vellón nombre masculino1 (shear) esquilar1) shear: esquilar, trasquilar2) swindle: estafar, defraudarfleece n: lana f, vellón mn.• lana s.f.• vellocino s.m.• vellón s.m.v.• carmenar v.• desollar v.• desplumar v.• esquilar v.• mondar v.
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transitive verb ( defraud) (colloq) desplumar (fam)[fliːs]1. N2) (=jacket) forro m polar2.VT [+ sheep] esquilar; (fig) * (=rob) desplumar ** * *
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transitive verb ( defraud) (colloq) desplumar (fam)
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Shear — (sh[=e]r), v. t. [imp. {Sheared}or {Shore};p. p. {Sheared} or {Shorn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shearing}.] [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re, Gr. ???. Cf. {Jeer},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shear / sheer — Shear means to cut off : We shear sheep s wool in the spring and we shear the hedges in the summer. Sheer means pure, unadulterated : Felicity found the amusement park a sheer pleasure. Sheer also means transparent : Perry Winkle hung sheer … Confused words
shear / sheer — Shear means to cut off : We shear sheep s wool in the spring and we shear the hedges in the summer. Sheer means pure, unadulterated : Felicity found the amusement park a sheer pleasure. Sheer also means transparent : Perry Winkle hung sheer … Confused words
shear — shearer, n. shearless, adj. /shear/, v., sheared, sheared or shorn, shearing, n. v.t. 1. to cut (something). 2. to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument: to shear wool from sheep … Universalium
shear — [[t]ʃɪər[/t]] v. sheared, sheared shorn, shear•ing, 1) to cut (something) 2) ahb. to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping: to shear wool from sheep[/ex] 3) ahb. to cut or clip the hair, fleece, wool, etc., from: to shear sheep[/ex] 4) to… … From formal English to slang
sheep — n. 1) to raise, rear (BE) sheep 2) to shear sheep 3) sheep baa, bleat, go baa 4) a flock, herd of sheep 5) the meat of the sheep is mutton 6) a young sheep is a lamb; its meat is lamb 7) a female sheep is a ewe 8) a male sheep is a ram 9) (misc.) … Combinatory dictionary
shear — Ako, oki, āmū. ♦ To shear sheep, ako hulu hipa … English-Hawaiian dictionary
Sheep shearing — Sheep shearing, shearing or clipping is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep s wool is called a shearer . Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year (a sheep may be said to have… … Wikipedia
shear — vb Shear, poll, clip, trim, prune, lop, snip, crop are comparable when they mean to cut off something (as a piece, an excrescence, or a limb). Shear is the most general word of this group; it usually implies the use of a sharp cutting instrument… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
shear´er — shear «shihr», verb, sheared or (Archaic) shore, sheared or shorn, shear|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to cut with shears or scissors, especially in order to remove (wool or fleece): »to shear wool from sheep … Useful english dictionary
sheep|shear|er — «SHEEP SHIHR uhr», noun. 1. a person who shears sheep. 2. a machine for shearing sheep … Useful english dictionary