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(shear) 1 syllables

Definition

verb. to cut off the hair or wool from an animal.

Example Sentence

The farmer had to shear his sheep.

More Example Sentences

You can shear the hedges this summer.

Synonyms

cut; clip; trim

Antonyms

grow; lengthen; expand

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Rhymes

  • beare
  • beer
  • bere
  • blear
  • briere
  • cheer
  • clear
  • cleere
  • crear
  • creer
  • cyr
  • dear
  • deer
  • deere
  • ear
  • fear
  • fier
  • fleer
  • frear
  • freire
  • frere
  • gear
  • geer
  • gere
  • gier
  • giere
  • grear
  • greer
  • hear
  • here
  • jeer
  • kear
  • kier
  • kleer
  • kneer
  • lear
  • leer
  • mear
  • meir
  • mere
  • mir
  • myhre
  • near
  • neer
  • nir
  • peer
  • pier
  • queer
  • rear
  • schear
  • scheer
  • schweer
  • sear
  • sere
  • shear
  • sheer
  • shere
  • smear
  • sneer
  • spear
  • speer
  • speir
  • sphere
  • stear
  • steer
  • steere
  • tear
  • teer
  • veer
  • vere
  • we're
  • wier
  • year
  • zerr
  • zier

  • adhere
  • alvear
  • amir
  • appear
  • austere
  • bashir
  • bassir
  • bebear
  • career
  • cashier
  • chachere
  • chusmir
  • desir
  • dornier
  • dyneer
  • emir
  • frontier
  • guinier
  • inhere
  • kamir
  • keneer
  • laimbeer
  • lanier
  • lazear
  • mateer
  • mclear
  • mcnear
  • mcneer
  • mcteer
  • mctier
  • menear
  • minear
  • minteer
  • oneyear
  • orear
  • plenmeer
  • premier
  • premiere
  • puryear
  • rainier
  • rehear
  • revere
  • rosevear
  • safier
  • sameer
  • samir
  • severe
  • shamir
  • sincere
  • st_cyr
  • termeer
  • unclear
  • vanleer
  • vanliere
  • veneer
  • vizier
  • wazir
  • yasir
  • zahir
  • zaire
  • zamfir
  • zegeer

  • auctioneer
  • bandolier
  • belvedere
  • bombardier
  • brigadeer
  • brigadier
  • budgeteer
  • casebeer
  • cavalier
  • chandelier
  • charpentier
  • chevalier
  • commandeer
  • crochetiere
  • disappear
  • domineer
  • dubilier
  • engineer
  • exovir
  • financier
  • financiere
  • gondolier
  • insincere
  • interfere
  • lagardere
  • marketeer
  • mutineer
  • overhear
  • pamphleteer
  • pelletier
  • persevere
  • pioneer
  • profiteer
  • racketeer
  • rayonier
  • reappear
  • rensselaer
  • souvenir
  • summiteer
  • volunteer
  • wagoneer

  • conventioneer
  • electioneer
  • imagineer
  • reengineer

  • bioengineer
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