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shear
verb(shear)
shear the wool from
Synonyms: fleece,
Examples:
Shear sheep.
shear
noun(shear)
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
shear
verb(shear)
become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
shear
verb(shear)
cut or cut through with shears
Examples:
Shear the wool off the lamb.
shear
verb(shear)
cut with shears
Examples:
Shear hedges.
shear
noun(shear)
(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
Examples:
The shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram.

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