shear

shear  (shîr) v. sheared, sheared or shorn (shôrn, shrn), shear·ing, shears v.tr. 1. To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping. 2. To remove the hair or fleece from. 3. To cut with or as if with shears: shearing a hedge. 4. To divest or deprive as if by cutting: The prisoners were shorn of their dignity. v.intr. 1. To use a cutting tool such as shears. 2. To move or proceed by or as if by cutting: shear through the wheat. 3. Physics To become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain. n. 1. a. A pair of scissors. Often used in the plural. b. Any of various implements or machines that cut with a scissorlike action. Often used in the plural. 2. The act, process, or result of shearing. 3. Something cut off by shearing. 4. The act, process, or fact of shearing. Used to indicate a sheep's age: a two-shear ram. 5. also sheers (shîrz) (used with a sing. or pl. verb) An apparatus used to lift heavy weights, consisting of two or more spars joined at the top and spread at the base, the tackle being suspended from the top. 6. Physics a. An applied force or system of forces that tends to produce a shearing strain. Also called shearing stress, shear stress. b. A shearing strain. [Middle English scheren, from Old English sceran; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots. N., from Middle English shere, from Old English scar; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.] shearer n.

shear pruning and pinking shears

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shear [ʃɪə]

vb shears, shearing, sheared Austral. and NZ, shore ; sheared, shorn

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to remove (the fleece or hair) of (sheep, etc.) by cutting or clipping

2. to cut or cut through (something) with shears or a sharp instrument

3. (Engineering / General Engineering) Engineering to cause (a part, member, shaft, etc.) to deform or fracture or (of a part, etc.) to deform or fracture as a result of excess torsion or transverse load

4. (tr; often foll by of) to strip or divest to shear someone of his power

5. (when intr, foll by through) to move through (something) by or as if by cutting

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Scot to reap (corn, etc.) with a scythe or sickle

n

1. the act, process, or an instance of shearing

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a shearing of a sheep or flock of sheep, esp when referred to as an indication of age a sheep of two shears

3. (Engineering / General Engineering) a form of deformation or fracture in which parallel planes in a body or assembly slide over one another

4. (Physics / General Physics) Physics the deformation of a body, part, etc., expressed as the lateral displacement between two points in parallel planes divided by the distance between the planes

5. either one of the blades of a pair of shears, scissors, etc.

6. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a machine that cuts sheet material by passing a knife blade through it

7. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a device for lifting heavy loads consisting of a tackle supported by a framework held steady by guy ropes See also shears, shore

[Old English sceran; related to Old Norse skera to cut, Old Saxon, Old High German skeran to shear; see share²]

shearer  n

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shear  (shîr)

1. A force, movement or pressure applied to an object perpendicular to a given axis, with greater value on one side of the axis than the other. See more at shear forcestressstrain

2. See skew.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shear - (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" natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" deformation - alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it
	2.	shear - a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)
Verb	1.	shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges" prune, snip, lop, cut back, clip, crop, trim, dress - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
	2.	shear - shear the wool from; "shear sheep" fleece shave, trim - cut closely; "trim my beard"
	3.	shear - cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	4.	shear - become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

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shear

verb

shave, fleece In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than everyone else.

plural noun

blades, cutters, clippers, trimmers Trim the shrubs with shears.

Translations

shear [ʃɪəʳ] (sheared (pt) (sheared) (shorn (pp)))

A. VT [+ sheep] → esquilar
to be shorn of sth (fig) → quedar pelado de algo, quedar sin algo

B. VI (= give way) → partirse, romperse

shear off

A. VT + ADV → cortar
the machine sheared off two fingers → la máquina le cortó or (frm)cercenó dos dedos

B. VI + ADV (= break off) → partirse, romperse

shear through VI + PREP → cortar

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shear [ˈʃɪə^r] vt [sheared] (pt) [sheared or shorn] (pp) [+ sheep] → tondre

shear off

vi [bolt, rudder] → se détacher

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shear pret <sheared>, ptp <shorn>

vt sheep → scheren; wool → (ab)scheren ? shorn

vi

the knife shears through the metal → das Messer zerschneidet das Metall; the bird sheared through the air → der Vogel segelte durch die Luft; the motorboat sheared through the water → das Motorboot durchpflügte das Wasser

(Mech: = fracture) the metal plate had sheared → in der Metallplatte hatte sich ein Riss gebildet

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shear [ʃɪəʳ] (sheared (pt) (sheared or shorn (pp))) vt (sheep) → tosare

shear off vi + adv (break off) → spezzarsi

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shear

v shear [ʃiə]

1 to clip or cut wool from (a sheep). skeer يَجُز الصّوف стрижа stříhat klippe scheren κουρεύω το μαλλί των προβάτων esquilar pügama چيدن پشم گوسفند keritä tondre לִגזוֹז कतरना šišati, strići (meg)nyír mencukur rÿja tosare 刈る 털을 깎다 kirpti cirpt mengetam bulu scheren klippe strzyc tosquiar a tunde стричь strihať striči ostrići klippa ตัดขน kırkmak 剪羊毛 стригти (овець) بھیڑوں وغیرہ کو مونڈنا cắt lông cừu 剪...的毛

2 (past tenseshorn often with off ) to cut (hair) off: All her curls have been shorn off. afgeskeer يَقُص الشَّعْر отрязвам ustřihnout klippe schneiden κόβω τα μαλλιά cortar lõikama چيدن مو leikata couper לִגזוֹז कतरना ošišati levág memotong klippa tagliare 切る 자르다 nukirpti []griezt diketam afscheren klippe (av) obcinać rapar a tăia срезать, стричь odstrihnúť striči odseći klippa av ตัด kesmek, kırpmak 剪掉 відстригти; зрізати بال کاٹنا xén, cắt 剪

3 (past tenseshorn especially with of ) to cut hair from (someone): He has been shorn (of all his curls). afskeer يَقُص الشَّعْر مِن лишавам ostříhat klippe schneiden κουρεύω κπ. cortar ära lõikama, pügama موي كسي را بريدن ajella couper שְׁנִגזַז बाल काटना ošišati komu što levág memangkas klippa rasare 切る 머리를 잘라내다 nukirpti nogriezt menggunting rambut ontdoen van klippe, få klippet av strzyc tosquiar a tunde состригать волосы ostrihať odseći klippa ตัดออก saçını kesmek 修剪 стригти کسی کے بال مونڈنا cắt, chặt 修剪头发

4 to cut or (cause to) break A piece of the steel girder sheared off. afbreek يَنْكَسِر، يَكْسِر отрязвам usmyknout se skære af; brække af brechen,splittern κόβω, σπάζω partir(se), romper(se) murduma, murdma شكاف دادن murtaa, murtua (se) cisailler לְהִיבַּקָע कतरना saviti se, pući pod pritiskom levág memotong klípa/klippast (í sundur) spezzarsi 切れる 잘라내다 atkirpti, nulaužti nogriezt; nolauzt; nolūzt mematahkan (doen) afknappen kutte, skjære, forskyve seg zerwać (się), pęknąć partir(-se) a (se) tăia срезать nožnice odseći klippa[] (hugga[]) av ฟันออก kesmek 切斷，斷裂 різати کاٹنا یا توڑنا làm méo mó, làm đứt gãy 切断

n pl shears

a cutting-tool with two blades, like a large pair of scissors a pair of shears. skeerskêr مِقَص للجَز ножици strojní nůžky saks große Schere ψαλίδα tijeras de esquilar, cizalla käärid ماشين ترق sakset, keritsimet cisailles מִספָּרַיִים कैंची škare nyesőolló gunting klippur cesoie 大ばさみ 가위 žirklės dzirkles kekacip grote schaar (blikk)saks nożyce tesourão foarfece большие ножницы nožnice škarje makaze za strižu ovaca []sax, []sax กรรไกร kırkma makası 大型裁剪工具 ножиці درانتی یا باغبانی کی قینچی dụng cụ để xén 剪床