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1. a. : to cut off the hair from. b. : to cut or clip (hair, wool, etc.) from someone or something. also : to cut something from. shear a lawn. chiefly Scotland : to reap with a sickle. d. : to cut or trim with shears or a similar instrument. 2. : to cut with something sharp. 3. : to deprive of something as if by cutting.
SHEAR definition: 1. to cut the wool off a sheep: 2. to cut the hair on a person's head close to the skin…. Learn more.
the act or process of shearing or being sheared. a shearing of sheep (used in stating the age of sheep): a sheep of one shear. the quantity, especially of wool or fleece, cut off at one shearing. one blade of a pair of large scissors. Usually shears. Also sheers.
To move by or as if by cutting. To remove (the hair, wool, etc.) by cutting or clipping. A machine used in cutting metal, esp. sheet metal. The action, process, or result of shearing; specif., the shearing of wool from an animal. A sheep of three shears.
n. 1. often shears. a. A pair of scissors. b. Any of various implements or machines that cut with a scissorlike action. 2. The act, process, or result of shearing, especially when used to indicate a sheep's age: a two-shear ram. 3. Something cut off by shearing.
Shear is the movement of one surface of a substance over another parallel surface. Viscosity is related to the rate of shear in a fluid. Longitudinal shear is a movement of one joint face in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the joint.
SHEAR meaning: to cut the wool off a sheep. Learn more.
A shear is a cutting implement that looks like a long pair of scissors. Also like scissors, this form of the noun is usually plural. You can cut metal, prune a tree, or cut up a chicken with shears.
Shear is the movement of one surface of a substance over another parallel surface.
Definition of shear verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.