Shear Meaning

There are 6 meaning(s) for word Shear

Meaning 1 : shear the wool from

    Example : shear sheep

    Synonyms : fleece
Meaning 2 : a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it

Meaning 3 : become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain

Meaning 4 : cut or cut through with shears

    Example : shear the wool off the lamb

Meaning 5 : cut with shears

    Example : shear hedges

Meaning 6 : (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves

    Example : the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram

How to Pronounce Shear

  • ʃir