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- Dictionaryshear/ʃɪə/
verb
- 1. cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal): "Paul has never sheared a sheep before"
- 2. break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain: "the gear sheared and jammed in the rear wheel"
noun
- 1. a strain produced by pressure in the structure of a substance, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other: "the water from the upper source is emitted at the same speed as the main flow; there is thus no shear"
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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.
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.
noun. (Mechanical engineering: Mechanics and dynamics) 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.
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.
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.
Definition of shear verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SHEAR meaning: 1 : to cut the hair, wool, etc., off (an animal); 2 : to cut off (an animal's hair, wool, etc.) often + off
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(Definition of shear from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of shear. in Chinese (Traditional) 剪切, 給（羊）剪（羊毛）, （尤指草草地）剃光（頭髮）… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 剪切, 给（羊）剪（羊毛）, （尤指草草地）剃光（头发）… See more. in Spanish. esquilar, cortar, partir (se)… See more. in Portuguese. tosquiar, rapar, partir (-se)… See more
to cut or cut through something with a sharp instrument. to progress by or as if by cutting: The cruiser sheared through the water. Mechanics, Geology. to become fractured along a plane as a result of forces acting parallel to the plane. Chiefly Scot. to reap crops with a sickle. noun. Usually shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
