'Shorn' definitions:
Definition of 'shorn'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Shorn'
From: GCIDE
- Shear \Shear\ (sh[=e]r), v. t. [imp. Shearedor Shore;p. p. Sheared or Shorn; p. pr. & vb. n. Shearing.] [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re, Gr. ???. Cf. Jeer, Score, Shard, Share, Sheer to turn aside.]
- 1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth. [1913 Webster]
- Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece. [1913 Webster]
- Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shorn'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abated,
- ablated,
- attenuated,
- bated,
- belittled,
- bereaved,
- bereaved of,
- bereft,
- consumed,
- contracted,
- curtailed,
- cut off,
- decreased,
- deflated,
- denuded,
- deprived of,
- diminished,
- dissipated,
- divested,
- dropped,
- eroded,
- fallen,
- lacking,
- less,
- lesser,
- lower,
- lowered,
- miniaturized,
- minus,
- out of,
- parted from,
- reduced,
- retrenched,
- robbed of,
- scaled-down,
- shorn of,
- shorter,
- shrunk,
- shrunken,
- smaller,
- stripped of,
- wanting,
- watered-down,
- weakened,
- worn