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toshear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tos-hear
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cut in two.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English tosheren, from Old English tōsceran (“to cut apart”), equivalent to to- + shear.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

toshears (present, singular) toshearing (participle, present) toshore (past) toshorn (participle, past)

Questions

What does toshear mean?
To cut in two.
Where does toshear come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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