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"Shear" Definition
noun
A pair of scissors. Often used in the plural.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
An apparatus used to lift heavy weights, consisting of two or more spars joined at the top and spread at the base, the tackle being suspended from the top.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Any of various implements or machines that cut with a scissorlike action. Often used in the plural.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Physics A shearing strain.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Physics An applied force or system of forces that tends to produce a shearing strain. Also called shearing stress, shear stress.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
Physics To become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To move or proceed by or as if by cutting: shear through the wheat.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To use a cutting tool such as shears.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To cut with or as if with shears: shearing a hedge.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To divest or deprive as if by cutting: The prisoners were shorn of their dignity.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To remove the hair or fleece from.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To cut off the hair from.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To cut or clip (as hair or wool) from someone or something.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To cut something from .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To reap with a sickle.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To cut or trim with or a similar instrument.
Source: Merriam-Webster
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