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shear (n)
(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
shear (v)
cut with shears
shear the wool from
cut or cut through with shears
become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
shear (v. t.)
To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece.
To reap, as grain.
Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4.
A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears.
A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress.
A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction.
shear (v. i.)
To deviate. See Sheer.
To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.
FAQs About the word shear
shear
(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves, a large edge tool that cuts
clip,cut,shave,Trim,bob,crop,cutback,dock,lop (off),Mow
extend,elongate,lengthen
shealing => hut, sheal => she, sheafy => sheaf, sheaf => Sheaf, sheading => shedding,
