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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
shear
n 1: (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"
2: a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade
through it
v 1: cut with shears; "shear hedges"
2: shear the wool from; "shear sheep" [syn: fleece, shear]
3: cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb"
4: become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing
strain
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Shear \Shear\, v. i.
1. To deviate. See Sheer.
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2. (Engin.) 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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Shear \Shear\, n. [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.
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On his head came razor none, nor shear. --Chaucer.
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Short of the wool, and naked from the shear.
--Dryden.
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2. A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
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After the second shearing, he is a two-shear 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.
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3. (Engin.) 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.
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4. (Mech.) 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.
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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.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Shear \Shear\ (sh[=e]r), v. t. [imp. Shearedor Shore;p. p.
Sheared or Shorn; p. pr. & vb. n. Shearing.] [OE.
sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran,
scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re,
Gr. ???. Cf. 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.
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Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from
sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.
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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.
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Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away.
--Shak.
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3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
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5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See
Shear, n., 4.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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