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shear
noun
verb
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 5
- Starts with
- S
- Ends with
- R
- Contains
- HEA
- Scrabble score
- 8
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ʃɪə(ɹ)
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Meaning
Definitions
noun
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
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 rectangle into a parallelogram”
verb
become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
verb
cut with shears
“shear hedges”
verb
cut or cut through with shears
“shear the wool off the lamb”
verb
shear the wool from
“shear sheep”
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Example Sentences
the shear changed the rectangle into a parallelogram
shear hedges
shear the wool off the lamb
shear sheep
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