What part of speech is sheared?

Sheared can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. sheared is a verb, past participle of shear (infinitive).
  • 2. sheared is a verb, past simple of shear (infinitive).
  • 3. sheared is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more sheared
    most sheared
  • Positive: sheared 
  • Comparative: more sheared
  • Superlative: most sheared

What does sheared mean?

Definitions

Adjective

sheared - (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length; "a coat of sheared lamb"
sheared - having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers; "picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor"; "naked as a sheared sheep"

Verb

shear - cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb"
shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges"
shear - become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
shear - shear the wool from; "shear sheep"

Examples of sheared

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A coat of sheared lamb.
2. adj. Naked as a sheared sheep.
3. verb The disease sheared him of his physical strength.
4. verb This is the first time I've ever sheared my sheep.
5. verb Have you ever sheared a sheep?
6. verb They sheared the sheep.
7. verb I sheared one.
8. verb She sheared a ewe.
9. verb The shearer sheared the sheep.
10. verb Tom has never sheared a sheep.
11. verb Tom sheared the sheep.
12. verb Tom sheared the alpaca.
13. verb Shear the wool off the lamb.
14. verb Shear hedges.
15. verb Shear sheep.
16. noun The shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram.
Sentence  
adj.
A coat of sheared lamb.
Naked as a sheared sheep.
verb
The disease sheared him of his physical strength.
This is the first time I've ever sheared my sheep.
Have you ever sheared a sheep?
They sheared the sheep.
I sheared one.
She sheared a ewe.
The shearer sheared the sheep.
Tom has never sheared a sheep.
Tom sheared the sheep.
Tom sheared the alpaca.
Shear the wool off the lamb.
Shear hedges.
Shear sheep.
noun
The shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram.

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