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shearlike

adj

Etymology

From shear + -like.

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻ — “to cut”
  2. inherited from *skeraną✻
  3. inherited from *skeran✻
  4. inherited from sċieran
  5. inherited from sheren
  6. suffixed as shearlike — “shear + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of shears (the cutting tool).

  2. Resembling or characteristic of a shear (geometrical transformation).

The neighborhood

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