1. • noun - (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
   • noun - a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
   • verb - cut with shears
   • verb - shear the wool from
   • verb - cut or cut through with shears
   • verb - become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
2. • To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping.
   • To remove the hair or fleece from.
   • To cut with or as if with shears: shearing a hedge.
   • To divest or deprive as if by cutting: The prisoners were shorn of their dignity.
   • To use a cutting tool such as shears.
   • To move or proceed by or as if by cutting: shear through the wheat.
   • To become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain.
   • A pair of scissors.
   • Any of various implements or machines that cut with a scissorlike action.
   • The act, process, or result of shearing.
   • Something cut off by shearing.
   • The act, process, or fact of shearing.
   • An apparatus used to lift heavy weights, consisting of two or more spars joined at the top and spread at the base, the tackle being suspended from the top.
   • Physics.
   • An applied force or system of forces that tends to produce a shearing strain.
   • A shearing strain.
3. • v - to cut the hair or wool from

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