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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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to 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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to 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)
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