shear

Found in thesaurus: deformation, edge tool, snip, cut back, trim, dress, lop, clip, crop, prune, shave, cut

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shear
v. cut off hair or fleece; trim with a sharp tool; deprive of, take away

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Shear
Shear may refer to:
  • Shearing animals, the collection of wool from various species. Sheep shearing is most common. See the article on "Wool" for other species

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shear

Noun
1. (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram"
(hypernym) deformation
(classification) physics, physical science, natural philosophy
2. (usually plural) large scissors with strong blades
(synonym) shears
(hypernym) scissors, pair of scissors
(hyponym) clipper, clippers
(derivation) fleece
3. a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
(hypernym) edge tool

Verb
1. cut with shears; "shear hedges"
(hypernym) snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
(derivation) shears
2. shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
(synonym) fleece
(hypernym) shave, trim
(derivation) shears
3. cut or cut through with shears
(hypernym) cut


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shear
v. stříhat ovčí vlnu

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shear
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