verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pinking shears
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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Whatever had been on its prow was now gone, sheared off when the sleek vessel had been driven among the trees.
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He lay across the track, and the wheels sheared off both legs at the knee.
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Walls were sheared off , revealing rows of soldiers' twisted metal bunks.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The tornado sheared off part of the Swensons' roof.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Farmers son Paul has never sheared a sheep before.
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We also had to shear and dip them every year and friends would come to help.
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We listened to the horse as he drifted off to eat, his teeth shearing the grass.
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Whatever had been on its prow was now gone, sheared off when the sleek vessel had been driven among the trees.