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shear

English

🔊 a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
🔊 (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”
🔊 become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
🔊 cut with shears
“shear hedges”
🔊 cut or cut through with shears
“shear the wool off the lamb”
🔊 shear the wool from
“shear sheep”