Poll
Poll verb - To make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument.
Usage example: time to poll the sheep's wool
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Shear
Shear verb - To make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument.
Usage example: it took almost a week to shear all the wool off the flock of sheep
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Shear and Poll. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/poll/shear
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