shear
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shear
to clip or cut; remove hair or fleece from: shear the sheep
Not to be confused with:
sheer – thin; fine; transparent; steep: a sheer nightgown
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shear
(shîr)v. sheared, sheared or shorn (shôrn), shear·ing, shears
v.tr.
1. To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping.
2. To remove the hair or fleece from.
3. To cut with or as if with shears: shearing a hedge.
4. To divest or deprive as if by cutting: The prisoners were shorn of their dignity.
v.intr.
1. To use a cutting tool such as shears.
2. To move or proceed by or as if by cutting: shear through the wheat.
3. Physics To become deformed by shear force.
n.
1. often shears
a. A pair of scissors.
b. Any of various implements or machines that cut with a scissorlike action.
2. The act, process, or result of shearing, especially when used to indicate a sheep's age: a two-shear ram.
3. Something cut off by shearing.
4. also sheers (shîrz)(used with a sing. or pl. verb) 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.
[Middle English scheren, from Old English sceran; see sker- in Indo-European roots. N., from Middle English shere, from Old English scēar; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]
shear′er n.
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shear
(ʃɪə)vb, shears, shearing or sheared, shore, sheared or shorn
1. (Agriculture) (tr) to remove (the fleece or hair) of (sheep, etc) by cutting or clipping
2. to cut or cut through (something) with shears or a sharp instrument
3. (General Engineering) engineering to cause (a part, member, shaft, etc) to deform or fracture or (of a part, etc) to deform or fracture as a result of excess torsion or transverse load
4. (often foll by: of) to strip or divest: to shear someone of his power.
5. (when: intr, foll by through) to move through (something) by or as if by cutting
6. (Agriculture) Scot to reap (corn, etc) with a scythe or sickle
n
7. the act, process, or an instance of shearing
8. (Agriculture) a shearing of a sheep or flock of sheep, esp when referred to as an indication of age: a sheep of two shears.
9. (General Engineering) a form of deformation or fracture in which parallel planes in a body or assembly slide over one another
10. (General Physics) physics the deformation of a body, part, etc, expressed as the lateral displacement between two points in parallel planes divided by the distance between the planes
11. either one of the blades of a pair of shears, scissors, etc
12. (Mechanical Engineering) a machine that cuts sheet material by passing a knife blade through it
13. (Mechanical Engineering) a device for lifting heavy loads consisting of a tackle supported by a framework held steady by guy ropes
[Old English sceran; related to Old Norse skera to cut, Old Saxon, Old High German skeran to shear; see share2]
ˈshearer n
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shear
(ʃɪər)v. sheared, sheared shorn, shear•ing, v.t.
1. to cut (something).
2. to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping: to shear wool from sheep.
3. to cut or clip the hair, fleece, wool, etc., from: to shear sheep.
4. to strip or deprive (usu. fol. by of): to shear someone of power.
5. to travel through by or as if by cutting: Chimney swifts sheared the air.
6. to subject (a solid body or structure) to shear.
v.i. 7. to cut or cut through something with a sharp instrument.
8. to break along an internal plane in response to a force parallel to the plane.
9. Chiefly Scot. to reap crops with a sickle.
n. 10. Usu., shears. (sometimes used with a sing. v.)
a. scissors of large size (usu. used with pair of).
b. any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that suggest those of scissors.
11. one blade of a pair of large scissors.
12. the act or process of shearing or being sheared.
13. a shearing of sheep (used in stating the age of sheep): a sheep of one shear.
14. the quantity, esp. of wool or fleece, cut off at one shearing.
15. Usu., shears. (usu. with a pl. v.) a framework for hoisting heavy weights, consisting of two or more spars with their legs separated, fastened together near the top and steadied by guys, which support a tackle.
16. a machine for cutting rigid material by moving the edge of a blade through it.
17.
a. the tendency of a force applied to a solid body or structure, as a rock stratum, to cause deformation or rupture along a plane parallel to the force.
b. deformation produced in this manner.
[before 900; (v.) Middle English sheren, Old English sceran, c. Old Frisian skera, Old High German sceran, Old Norse skera; (n.) Middle English sheres (pl.); compare Old English scērero (pl.), scēar (feminine)]
shear′er, n.
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shear
Past participle: sheared/shorn
Gerund: shearing
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| Noun | 1. | shear - (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" natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" deformation - alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it |
| 2. |  shear - a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through itedge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) | |
| Verb | 1. | shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges" |
| 2. | shear - shear the wool from; "shear sheep" | |
| 3. | shear - cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" | |
| 4. | shear - become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
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shear
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shear
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Translations
يَجُز الصّوفيَقُص الشَّعْريَقُص الشَّعْر مِنيَنْكَسِر، يَكْسِر
ostříhatstříhatustřihnoutusmyknout se
brække afklippe
کوتاه کردن
levágmegnyírvág
klípa/klippastklipparÿja
切る刈る剪断
atkirpti
cirptgrieztnogrieztnolauztnolūzt
zosunúť sa
kırkmakkırpmaksaçını kesmekkesmek
shear
[ʃɪəʳ] (sheared (pt) (sheared) (shorn (pp)))B. VI (= give way) → partirse, romperse
shear off
A. VT + ADV → cortar
the machine sheared off two fingers → la máquina le cortó or (frm) cercenó dos dedos
the machine sheared off two fingers → la máquina le cortó or (frm) cercenó dos dedos
B. VI + ADV (= break off) → partirse, romperse
shear through VI + PREP → cortar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
shear
[ˈʃɪər] vt [sheared] (pt) [sheared or shorn] (pp) [+ sheep] → tondreshear off
vi [bolt, rudder] → se détacherCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
shear
pret <sheared>, ptp <shorn>vi
the knife shears through the metal → das Messer zerschneidet das Metall; the bird sheared through the air → der Vogel segelte durch die Luft; the motorboat sheared through the water → das Motorboot durchpflügte das Wasser
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
shear
[ʃɪəʳ] (sheared (pt) (sheared or shorn (pp))) vt (sheep) → tosareshear off vi + adv (break off) → spezzarsi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
shear
(ʃiə) – past tense sheared: past participles sheared ~shorn (ʃoːn) – verb1. to clip or cut wool from (a sheep).
2. (past tense shorn. often with off) to cut (hair) off: All her curls have been shorn off.
3. (past tense shorn. especially with of) to cut hair from (someone): He has been shorn (of all his curls).
4. to cut or (cause to) break. A piece of the steel girder sheared off.
shears noun plural a cutting-tool with two blades, like a large pair of scissors. a pair of shears.
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