- SHEAR Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
: to cause (something, such as a rock mass) to move along the plane of contact : an action or stress resulting from applied forces that causes or tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact Verb The farmers sheared the sheep
- Shear - Wikipedia
Look up shear in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Shear pin, in machinery, such as a plough, designed to shear (break) when a certain force is exceeded, to protect other components of the machine
- SHEAR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
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
- SHEAR Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
to cut (something) to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument to shear wool from sheep to cut or clip the hair, fleece, wool, etc , from to shear sheep to strip or deprive (usually followed byof )
- Shear vs. Sheer: Whats the Difference? - Grammarly
Shear refers to the act of cutting something, especially wool from sheep, or to the stress in structural elements causing layers to slide against each other Sheer, on the other hand, describes something extremely steep, thin to the point of transparency, or outright or complete
- Shear - definition of shear by The Free Dictionary
To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping 2 To remove the hair or fleece from 3 To cut with or as if with shears: shearing a hedge 4 To divest or deprive as if by cutting: The prisoners were shorn of their dignity 1 To use a cutting tool such as shears 2 To move or proceed by or as if by cutting: shear through the wheat 3
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Definition of shear verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- shear - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
shear (third-person singular simple present shears, present participle shearing, simple past sheared or shore, past participle shorn or sheared) (intransitive, transitive) To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc ) by clipping To cut the hair of (a person)
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