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Rareshorn
The correct spelling is shorn.
How to pronounce shorn
/ʃɔːn/
verbIPA: /ʃɔːn/
Say it like: Sho-rn
The correct spelling is shorn. To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
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Definition
verb
- 1.To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- 2.To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
- 3.To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- 4.To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- 5.To make a vertical cut in the coal.
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