Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shear \Shear\, v. t. [imp. {Sheared}or {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.

   Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from
         sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.

   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.

            Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away.
                                                  --Shak.

   3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

   4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.

   5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See
      {Shear}, n., 4.

Shorn \Shorn\,
   p. p. of {Shear}.

Source : WordNet®

shorn
     adj : 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" [syn: {sheared}]
           [ant: {unsheared}]