SHEAR

• (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 quadrilateral 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"

  synonyms : fleece

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