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  1. shear:


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Detailed Synonyms for shear in English

shear:

to shear verb (shears, sheared, shearing)

  1. to shear
    to shave; to shear; to trim; to clip
    • shave verb (shaves, shaved, shaving)
    • shear verb (shears, sheared, shearing)
    • trim verb (trims, trimmed, trimming)
    • clip verb (clips, clipped, clipping)
  2. to shear
    – become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain 1
    to shear
    – become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain 1
    • shear verb (shears, sheared, shearing)
  3. to shear
    – cut with shears 1
    to shear
    – cut with shears 1
    • shear verb (shears, sheared, shearing)
      • shear hedges1
  4. to shear
    – cut or cut through with shears 1
    to shear
    – cut or cut through with shears 1
    • shear verb (shears, sheared, shearing)
      • shear the wool off the lamb1
  5. to shear
    – shear the wool from 1
    to shear; to fleece
    – shear the wool from 1
    • shear verb (shears, sheared, shearing)
      • shear sheep1
    • fleece verb (fleeces, fleeced, fleecing)
  6. to shear
    – To distort an object along its horizontal, vertical, or both axes. 2
    to shear; skew
    – To distort an object along its horizontal, vertical, or both axes. 2
    • shear verb (shears, sheared, shearing)
    • skew verb

Conjugations for shear:

present
  1. shear
  2. shear
  3. shears
  4. shear
  5. shear
  6. shear
simple past
  1. sheared
  2. sheared
  3. sheared
  4. sheared
  5. sheared
  6. sheared
present perfect
  1. have sheared
  2. have sheared
  3. has sheared
  4. have sheared
  5. have sheared
  6. have sheared
past continuous
  1. was shearing
  2. were shearing
  3. was shearing
  4. were shearing
  5. were shearing
  6. were shearing
future
  1. shall shear
  2. will shear
  3. will shear
  4. shall shear
  5. will shear
  6. will shear
continuous present
  1. am shearing
  2. are shearing
  3. is shearing
  4. are shearing
  5. are shearing
  6. are shearing
subjunctive
  1. be sheared
  2. be sheared
  3. be sheared
  4. be sheared
  5. be sheared
  6. be sheared
diverse
  1. shear!
  2. let's shear!
  3. sheared
  4. shearing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

shear [the ~] noun

  1. the shear
    – a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it 1
    the shear
    – a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it 1
  2. the shear
    – (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves 1
    the shear
    – (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves 1
    • shear [the ~] noun
      • the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram1
  3. the shear
    – A transformation that distorts a shape by a specified angle from an axis. The result is that a square is formed into a parallelogram. The skew or shear can be applied in more than one direction at a time. 2
    the shear; the skew
    – A transformation that distorts a shape by a specified angle from an axis. The result is that a square is formed into a parallelogram. The skew or shear can be applied in more than one direction at a time. 2

Related Words for "shear":

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Alternate Synonyms for "shear":


Related Definitions for "shear":

  1. a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it1
  2. (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves1
    • the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram1
  3. become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain1
  4. cut with shears1
    • shear hedges1
  5. cut or cut through with shears1
    • shear the wool off the lamb1
  6. shear the wool from1
    • shear sheep1
  7. A transformation that distorts a shape by a specified angle from an axis. The result is that a square is formed into a parallelogram. The skew or shear can be applied in more than one direction at a time.2
  8. To distort an object along its horizontal, vertical, or both axes.2

Related Synonyms for shear