shear
Meaning of shear
noun
- A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
- The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
- Forces that push in opposite directions.
- A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
- To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- To make a vertical cut in the coal.
- To reap, as grain.
- To deprive of property; to fleece.
Information about shear
- The plural form of shear is: shears.
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Hyphenation of shear
shear
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- shear is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
shear synonyms
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Translation of shear
Anagrams of shear
Asher, asher, earsh, hares, hears, rheas, Shaer, share
Words that rhyme with shear
hear, Brahear, Schear, behear, forehear, rehear, sphear, overhear, Blackshear, Brashear, Fulshear, Shear, beshear, countershear, mishear, planeshear, reshear, sheepshear, upshear, outhear, whear
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