Looking for the meaning or definition of the word shear? That's all it means.
to cut something, usually referring to the hair of a person or animal
shear(noun)(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
"the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram"
shear(verb)a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
shear(verb)cut with shears
"shear hedges"
fleece, shear(verb)shear the wool from
"shear sheep"
shear(verb)cut or cut through with shears
"shear the wool off the lamb"
shear(verb)become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrumentit took almost a week to shear all the wool off the flock of sheep
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)the shark's razor-sharp teeth sheared the swimmer's flesh right down to the bone
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