shorn

CEFRC1

/ʃɔːn/

adjective · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having had hair or wool cut off.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Of a person, having had a haircut.

Examples

  • God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

  • The king was shorn of his power.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /ʃo(ː)ɹn/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Of a sheep, etc., having been shorn.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. past participle of shear

More examples

In context

  • This is the Prieſt all ſhaven and ſhorn, that married the man all tattered and torn[.]

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The sheep looked cold after being blank of its wool.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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