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edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it

(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"

cut with shears, as of hedges

cut or cut through with shears

(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"

cut or cut through with shears

a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it

cut with shears; "shear hedges"

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

To cut or clip; to clip wool, etc., from.

A machine for cutting metal.

Sheared.

Sheared or shorn.

Shearing.

To cut or clip: to clip with shears or any other instrument.

To separate:-pa.t. sheared, (obs.) shore; pa.p. sheared or shorn.

SHEARER.

SHEARER.

To clip close with shears or scissors.

To clip; clip with shears, or any instrument.

n. A cutting instrument consisting of two blades with a bevel edge movable on a pin, used for cutting cloth and other substances ;—any thing in the form-of shears;—especially, an apparatus for raising heavy weights;—two or more spars or pieces of timber fastened together near the top, and furnished with the necessary tackles.