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