shearer

«shearer» in Mova's school dictionary: a person whose job is to cut the wool off sheep — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

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 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

• 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

Every meaning and example of «shearer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.