shorn

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English

Pronunciation

(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, horse–hoarse merger)

Verb

shorn

past participle of shear

Adjective

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[.]

Anagrams

Horns, NRHOs, Rohns, Snohr, horns, shnor

Irish

Noun

shorn m

Lenited form of sorn.

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