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English to English noun
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(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves |  | Example: the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram
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a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it | | source: wordnet30
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A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears. | | source: webster1913
verb
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cut with shears | | Example: shear hedges
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shear the wool from | | Example: shear sheep
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cut or cut through with shears | | Example: shear the wool off the lamb
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become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain | | source: wordnet30
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To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth. | | source: webster1913
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To deviate. See Sheer. | | source: webster1913
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