SHEAR

shear

(noun) a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it

shear

(noun) (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

(verb) become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain

shear

(verb) cut with shears; “shear hedges”

shear

(verb) cut or cut through with shears; “shear the wool off the lamb”

fleece, shear

(verb) shear the wool from; “shear sheep”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

shear (third-person singular simple present shears, present participle shearing, simple past shore or sheared, past participle sheared or shorn)

To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.

To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.

(physics) To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.

(mathematics) To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.

(mining, intransitive) To make a vertical cut in the coal.

(Scotland) To reap, as grain.

(figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece.

Noun

shear (countable and uncountable, plural shears)

A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.

Synonym: shears

The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.

(physics) Forces that push in opposite directions.

(mathematics) 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.

(geology) The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.

Adjective

shear

Misspelling of sheer.

Anagrams

• Asher, Rahes, Share, asher, earsh, hares, harse, hears, rheas, sehar, sehra, share

Etymology

Proper noun

Shear (plural Shears)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shear is the 9669^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3356 individuals. Shear is most common among White (93.03%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Asher, Rahes, Share, asher, earsh, hares, harse, hears, rheas, sehar, sehra, share

Source: Wiktionary

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Shear, v. t. [imp. Sheared or Shore (;p. p. Sheared or Shorn (; p. pr. & vb. n. Shearing.] Etym: [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski, Gr. Jeer, Score, Shard, Share, Sheer to turn aside.]

1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.

Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.

2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece. Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away. Shak.

3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] Jamieson.

4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.

5. (Mech.)

Definition: To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4.

Shear, n. Etym: [AS. sceara. See Shear, v. t.]

1. A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears. On his head came razor none, nor shear. Chaucer. Short of the wool, and naked from the shear. Dryden.

2. A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep. After the second shearing, he is a two-sher ram; . . . at the expiration of another year, he is a three-shear ram; the name always taking its date from the time of shearing. Youatt.

3. (Engin.)

Definition: An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress.

4. (Mech.)

Definition: A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction. Shear blade, one of the blades of shears or a shearing machine.

– Shear hulk. See under Hulk.

– Shear steel, a steel suitable for shears, scythes, and other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting, to increase its malleability and fineness of texture.

Shear, v. i.

1. To deviate. See Sheer.

2. (Engin.)

Definition: To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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