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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.
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Any of various implements or machines that cut with a scissorlike action. Often used in the plural.
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Physics A shearing strain.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Physics An applied force or system of forces that tends to produce a shearing strain. Also called shearing stress, shear stress.
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verb-intransitive
Physics To become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To move or proceed by or as if by cutting: shear through the wheat.
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To use a cutting tool such as shears.
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verb-transitive
To cut with or as if with shears: shearing a hedge.
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To divest or deprive as if by cutting: The prisoners were shorn of their dignity.
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To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping.
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To remove the hair or fleece from.
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verb
To cut off the hair from.
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To cut or clip (as hair or wool) from someone or something.
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To cut something from .
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To reap with a sickle.
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To cut or trim with or a similar instrument.
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