shear
A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often largerA cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
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Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
ножницыnožnicy
(countable, uncountable)A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
(countable, uncountable)The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
стрижкаstrižka
More meanings 5
(countable, uncountable)Forces that push in opposite directions.
Scherkraft
(countable)A specific instance of wind shear.
We hit a nasty shear on approach and had to go around.
(uncountable)The phenomenon of wind shear.
(countable, uncountable)A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point's distance from the line.
(countable, uncountable)The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
Origin
From Middle English sheren, scheren, from Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), fromFrom Middle English sheren, scheren, from Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
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Forms
plural: shearsSynonyms
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39 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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