shear
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old English scieran, from Proto-Germanic *skeranan, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-. Cognate with Dutch scheren, German scheren, Norwegian skjære, Swedish skära; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek κείρω (keirō, “I cut off”), Latin caro (“flesh”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
shear (third-person singular simple present shears, present participle shearing, simple past sheared or shore, past participle shorn or sheared)
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- So trenchant was the Templar’s weapon, that it shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace, which the ill-fated Saxon reared to parry the blow, and, descending on his head, levelled him with the earth.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping
- (physics) To deform because of shearing forces
[edit] Translations
to cut
to remove the fleece from a sheep
to deform because of shearing forces
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[edit] Noun
shear (plural shears)
- a cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger
- the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
- (physics) a force that produces a shearing strain
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[edit] Translations
a cutting tool similar to scissors
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the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
a force that produces a shearing strain
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[edit] Adjective
shear
- Common misspelling of sheer.
