shear (n.)
shear (v.)
- abbreviate
- abridge
- abstract
- amputate
- annihilate
- ban
- bar
- barb
- barber
- bare
- bleed
- bob
- capsulize
- clip
- compress
- condense
- contract
- crop
- cull
- curtail
- cut
- denudate
- denude
- deplume
- despoil
- displume
- divest
- dock
- drain
- dry
- elide
- eliminate
- enucleate
- epitomize
- eradicate
- except
- excise
- exclude
- exhaust
- expose
- extinguish
- extirpate
- flay
- fleece
- foreshorten
- impoverish
- isolate
- lop
- manicure
- milk
- mow
- mutilate
- nip
- pare
- peel
- pluck
- poll
- pollard
- prune
- reap
- recap
- recapitulate
- reduce
- remove
- retrench
- shave
- shorten
- skin
- skive
- snip
- snub
- strip
- stunt
- summarize
- telescope
- trim
- truncate
- uncloak
- uncover
- unsheathe
- unveil
Or shear swine, all cry and no wool.
