SHORN


Meaning of SHORN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃɔ:(r)n ]

1.

If grass or hair is shorn , it has been cut very short. ( LITERARY )

...his shorn hair.

ADJ

2.

If a person or thing is shorn of something that was an important part of them, it has been removed from them. ( LITERARY )

She looks terrible, shorn of all her beauty and dignity.

ADJ : v-link ADJ of n

3.

Shorn is the past participle of shear .

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