shear

Definitions of shear in various dictionaries:

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

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.

verb - to cut the hair or wool from