shearer
part of speech
noun (a shearer, shearers)
meaning for a pupil
1) A shearer is a person whose job is to cut the wool off sheep. tree →
2) A shearer can be any person or machine that shears or cuts. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A shearer is someone who cuts the wool off sheep. In Genesis, Judah goes up to his sheep-shearers at Timnah, when sheep-shearing was a time of work and feasting. Interpretation: Sheep-shearing time was a busy season, and the story of Judah and Tamar happens when he goes to it. In the primary lessons: In geography and history lessons about Australia and New Zealand, shearers travel from farm to farm in shearing season, working in a woolshed; fast shearers can shear hundreds of sheep in a day. It is hard physical work. Phrases: «a sheep shearer», «gun shearer» (Australia, NZ slang: a very fast, skilled shearer), «shearers' cook».
examples
- And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. (Torah GEN.38.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim; and Absalom invited all the king's sons. (Prophets 2SA.13.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Absalom came to the king, and said: 'Behold now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.' (Prophets 2SA.13.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?' (Prophets 1SA.25.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- The shearer clipped the fleece off in one piece. tree →
- Shearers travel from station to station in the spring. tree →
- A gun shearer can shear over 200 sheep a day. tree →
- The shearer's back aches after a long day in the woolshed. tree →
- My uncle is a shearer in New Zealand. tree →
- Shearing doesn't hurt the sheep, like a haircut. tree →
- If one shearer takes 4 minutes per sheep, how many can she shear in an hour? 15. tree →
note
Countable: a shearer, shearers. Verb: shear (sheared, shorn). Do not confuse «shear» (cut) with «sheer» (steep or see-through).
Trees and pragmatics
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