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I . shear <sheared, sheared [or shorn]> [ʃɪəʳ, Am ʃɪr] VB trans

1. shear (remove fleece):

to shear a sheep

2. shear hum inf (cut hair short):

to shear sb

II . shear <sheared, sheared [or shorn]> [ʃɪəʳ, Am ʃɪr] VB intr TECH

shear

I . shear off VB trans

1. shear off (cut off):

to shear off wool

2. shear off usu passive (tear off):

II . shear off VB intr

shear off

ˈshear sta·bili·ty N PHYS

ˈshear stress N PHYS

ˈshear vis·cosi·ty N PHYS

shear wave [ˈʃɪəˌweɪv] N

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to shear off wool
to shear a sheep

Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

To turn their idyllic farm into a lucrative business, there are quite a few chores to tend to :

the cows need to be milked, the sheep shorn, and the fields tilled.

All the yield the farm produces, can be sold or processed.

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Um sie wieder zu einem ertragreichen Bauernhof zu machen, gibt es einiges an Arbeit zu erledigen.

Die Kühe müssen gemolken, die Schafe geschoren und die Äcker bestellt werden.

Alles, was die Farm abwirft, kann anschließend verkauft oder verarbeitet werden.

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18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

19 And Laban went to shear his sheep:

and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.

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17 Da machte Jakob sich auf und hob seine Kinder und seine Frauen auf die Kamele 18 und trieb all sein Vieh weg und all seine Habe, die er erworben, das Vieh seines Eigentums, das er in Paddan-Aram erworben hatte, um zu seinem Vater Isaak in das Land Kanaan zu kommen.

19 Laban aber war gegangen, um seine Schafe zu scheren;

da stahl Rahel den Teraphim, der ihrem Vater gehörte.

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