shorn
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ʃɔɹn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʃɔːn/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ʃo(ː)ɹn/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ʃoən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
- Homophones: Sean, Shawn, Shaun (non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
Verb edit
shorn
- past participle of shear
Adjective edit
shorn (not comparable)
- Of a sheep, etc., having been shorn.
- Of a person, having had a haircut.
- 1784, The House that Jack Built, page 8:
- This is the Prieſt all ſhaven and ſhorn, that married the man all tattered and torn[.]
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Noun edit
shorn m
- Lenited form of sorn.