shear
verbEtymology
From Middle English sheren, scheren, from Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with West Frisian skarre, Low German scheren, Dutch scheren, German scheren, Danish skære, Norwegian Bokmål skjære, Norwegian Nynorsk skjera, Swedish skära, Finnish keritä; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”), Latin caro (“flesh”), Albanian shqerr (“to tear, cut”), harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian ski̇̀rti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”). See also sharp.
Definitions
To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
- shear the llamas
To cut the hair of (a person).
- shear the afro off someone's head
To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if…
To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- the golden tresses […] were shorn away
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To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
To change in direction or speed.
- The total along-the-runway wind component sheared from an 8-knot headwind to about a 56-knot tailwind over a 44-second period.
To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a…
To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
To make a vertical cut in coal.
(also 'shear off') To break or suddenly separate because of excessive force, eg. a bolt.
To reap, as grain.
- Soon as the bending Scythe, And Sickle keen, have shear'd the golden Grain, Array'd in all the Equipage of Death, Forth the stern Sportsman stalks
To deprive of property
To deprive of property; to fleece.
A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
- short of their wool, and naked from the shear
A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.
The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
- After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; […] at the expiration of another year, he is a three-shear ram; the name always taking its date from the time of shearing.
Forces that push in opposite directions.
The phenomenon of wind shear.
A specific instance of wind shear.
- We hit a nasty shear on approach and had to go around.
A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by…
A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point's distance from the line.
The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in…
The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
Misspelling of sheer.
A surname.
- Real people in a picture that was used by a catfish to create a fake identity could have a claim because their likeness was used without permission, Shear said.
The neighborhood
Derived
beshear, hydroshear, reshear, shearability, shearable, shear off, toshear, alligator shear, crocodile shear, guillotine shear, Kepler shear, magnetoshear, megashear, microshear, preshear, shearbill, shear-cake, shear centre, shearer, shearfree, shear hog, shear legs, shearless, shearlet, shearlike, shear line, shearline, shearling, shearman, shear modulus, shearography, shearotactic, shearotaxis, shearpole, shear steel, shear strength, shear stress, sheartail, shear-thickening, shear-thinning · +11 more
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA