SHORN
What does "SHORN" mean?
Past participle of 'shear': having had the hair, wool, or fleece cut off.
Meanings
- Having had the wool or hair cut close, especially of a sheep. The newly shorn sheep looked half their former size.
- Stripped or deprived of something (usually 'shorn of'). Shorn of his title and his salary, he started over from nothing. figurative
Did you know?
- A 'share' you receive and a sheep being 'shorn' grow from one root meaning 'to cut': your share is a portion cut off, and shears are simply the cutting tool.
Word origin
Past participle of 'shear', from Old English 'sceran' meaning to cut, divide, or clip, from Proto-Germanic '*skeran'; it shares a root with 'shears', 'share', and 'shore'.
Remember it
SHORN is SHEAR finished - the wool is gone, and so is the EA; what's left is a bare, shorn word.
A little poem
The flock comes back shorn and shivering thin,
lighter by a winter's worth of warmth-
spring asks everyone to start again.
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What it teaches
Being shorn feels like loss, but it is also the year's old weight set down; some stripping is overdue.
Quick facts
What does SHORN mean?
Past participle of 'shear': having had the hair, wool, or fleece cut off.
Is SHORN a valid word?
Yes — SHORN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SHORN?
SHORN has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SHORN come from?
Past participle of 'shear', from Old English 'sceran' meaning to cut, divide, or clip, from Proto-Germanic '*skeran'; it shares a root with 'shears', 'share', and 'shore'.
What can SHORN teach us?
Being shorn feels like loss, but it is also the year's old weight set down; some stripping is overdue.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.