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KK Pronunciation

〔 ʃIr 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ʃiә 〕


Overview of noun shear

The noun shear has 2 senses


  • 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")

  • shear -- (a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it)


Overview of verb shear

The verb shear has 4 senses


  • shear -- (cut with shears; "shear hedges")

  • fleece, shear -- (shear the wool from; "shear sheep")

  • shear -- (cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb")

  • shear -- (become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain)