Shear
verb
To cut the wool off a sheep.
The farmer shears the sheep in spring.
Often appears as...
- shear a sheep
- shear off
verb
To break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain.
It was a rough landing and the plane's landing gear sheared off.
Often appears as...
- shear off
- shear force
noun
A strain in the structure of a substance produced by pressure, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other.
The engineer tests the metal for shear before using it to build bridges.
Often appears as...
- shear force
- shear stress
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Technical
noun
A pair of scissors.
Could you please pass me those shears? I need to cut the fabric.
Often appears as...
- pair of shears
- garden shears
noun
A machine or tool for cutting, such as hair, paper, metal etc.
Sheet metal is cut by heavy duty shears in the factory.
Often appears as...
- metal shears
- heavy duty shears
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Technical
verb
To make a sudden deviation from a direction.
The car sheared off to the left avoiding the pedestrian.
Often appears as...
- shear off
- shear away
verb
To cut the wool off a sheep.
The farmer shears the sheep in spring.
Often appears as...
- shear a sheep
- shear off
verb
To break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain.
It was a rough landing and the plane's landing gear sheared off.
Often appears as...
- shear off
- shear force
noun
A strain in the structure of a substance produced by pressure, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other.
The engineer tests the metal for shear before using it to build bridges.
Often appears as...
- shear force
- shear stress
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A pair of scissors.
Could you please pass me those shears? I need to cut the fabric.
Often appears as...
- pair of shears
- garden shears
noun
A machine or tool for cutting, such as hair, paper, metal etc.
Sheet metal is cut by heavy duty shears in the factory.
Often appears as...
- metal shears
- heavy duty shears
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make a sudden deviation from a direction.
The car sheared off to the left avoiding the pedestrian.
Often appears as...
- shear off
- shear away
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Seasonal Action
Shearing sheep often happens in spring to remove winter fleece.
The flock gets sheared before summer for their comfort.
Pro Tip 2/2Skill Required
Shearing is a skillful task usually done by experienced farmers or shearers.
She advanced in shearing technique quickly, handling the sheep expertly.
Pro Tip 1/2Seasonal Action
Shearing sheep often happens in spring to remove winter fleece.
The flock gets sheared before summer for their comfort.
Pro Tip 2/2Skill Required
Shearing is a skillful task usually done by experienced farmers or shearers.
She advanced in shearing technique quickly, handling the sheep expertly.
Pro Tip 1/2Seasonal Action
Shearing sheep often happens in spring to remove winter fleece.
The flock gets sheared before summer for their comfort.
Pro Tip 2/2Skill Required
Shearing is a skillful task usually done by experienced farmers or shearers.
She advanced in shearing technique quickly, handling the sheep expertly.
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Divers Clean Reefs to...
which means it's clear and it doesn't break down so you have this crystal-clear line down there animals generally can't see it they get snagged up in it it doesn't biodegrade so it's there forever and it's just a real nasty potential hazard we used anything from stainless steel shears to wire cutters
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Performing brain surgery...
as necessary. This helps spare critical structures within the brain. But what exactly does this ingenious approach do to the tumors in question? When several beams of radiation intersect to strike a mass of cancerous cells, their combined force essentially shears the cells’ DNA,
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How to saber a bottle of...
knife right up the side of the bottle into the glass lip alright the firm pressure of the knife hitting that weak point is actually all it takes you don't even have to push it that hard and all the pressure in the bottle is just gonna help shear the top straight off so we
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The Majesty of Monument...
so the two of them living without running water without electricity are raising their own sheep shearing them spinning the wool and making rugs we got to experience exactly what that whole process looks like hey how long is your family lived in London all their life
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Cloudy with a chance of...
of jellyfish tendrils down below rare is still the kelvin-helmholtz cloud not a very snappy name needs a rebrand the this looks like a series of breaking waves and it's caused by shearing winds that wind above the cloud layer and
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Rhinos For Sale PIPE...
in policy arenas right now ranchers on the ground have a serious poaching problem to protect their animals they're tracking down all of the rhinos on their ranches tranquilizing them and shearing down their horns to Nub's
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Gavin Pretor-Pinney:...
Rarer still, the Kelvin–Helmholtz cloud. Not a very snappy name. Needs a rebrand. This looks like a series of breaking waves, and it's caused by shearing winds -- the wind above the cloud layer and below the cloud layer
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Bryce Dallas Howard: How...
not "You're beautiful." Oh, and character was built by doing chores. When I wasn't mucking out the goat barn, I was shearing sheep, changing tires, scrubbing toilets, volunteering, shoveling snow.
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The unpaid work that GDP...
by a rousie in the woolshed, and of course there was still someone needed to manage the household and to prepare the food for the shearing gangs. And her mother came to help with that.
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What Happens When Cats...
it's not all peace and love cats are solitary by nature and don't like shearing
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Divers Clean Reefs to...
which means it's clear and it doesn't break down so you have this crystal-clear line down there animals generally can't see it they get snagged up in it it doesn't biodegrade so it's there forever and it's just a real nasty potential hazard we used anything from stainless steel shears to wire cutters
Video examples
Performing brain surgery...
as necessary. This helps spare critical structures within the brain. But what exactly does this ingenious approach do to the tumors in question? When several beams of radiation intersect to strike a mass of cancerous cells, their combined force essentially shears the cells’ DNA,
Video examples
How to saber a bottle of...
knife right up the side of the bottle into the glass lip alright the firm pressure of the knife hitting that weak point is actually all it takes you don't even have to push it that hard and all the pressure in the bottle is just gonna help shear the top straight off so we
Video examples
The Majesty of Monument...
so the two of them living without running water without electricity are raising their own sheep shearing them spinning the wool and making rugs we got to experience exactly what that whole process looks like hey how long is your family lived in London all their life
Video examples
Cloudy with a chance of...
of jellyfish tendrils down below rare is still the kelvin-helmholtz cloud not a very snappy name needs a rebrand the this looks like a series of breaking waves and it's caused by shearing winds that wind above the cloud layer and
Video examples
Rhinos For Sale PIPE...
in policy arenas right now ranchers on the ground have a serious poaching problem to protect their animals they're tracking down all of the rhinos on their ranches tranquilizing them and shearing down their horns to Nub's
Video examples
Gavin Pretor-Pinney:...
Rarer still, the Kelvin–Helmholtz cloud. Not a very snappy name. Needs a rebrand. This looks like a series of breaking waves, and it's caused by shearing winds -- the wind above the cloud layer and below the cloud layer
Video examples
Bryce Dallas Howard: How...
not "You're beautiful." Oh, and character was built by doing chores. When I wasn't mucking out the goat barn, I was shearing sheep, changing tires, scrubbing toilets, volunteering, shoveling snow.
Video examples
The unpaid work that GDP...
by a rousie in the woolshed, and of course there was still someone needed to manage the household and to prepare the food for the shearing gangs. And her mother came to help with that.
Video examples
What Happens When Cats...
it's not all peace and love cats are solitary by nature and don't like shearing
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Quote examples
Helen Fisher
American Scientist
Today, most women are surrounded by ingenious gadgets. They don't grow the peas or raise the chicken that they serve for dinner; instead they hunt and gather in the grocery store. They go through catalogs or department stores to buy clothes instead of shearing sheep, carding wool, and weaving cloth for skirts and coats and blankets.
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Ralph Northam
American Politician
I learned a lot of lessons growing up on my family's farm on the Eastern Shore: the dignity of hard work, the importance of planning ahead, and the joy you get from serving others. Not to mention how to collect eggs, shear a sheep, and bail hay by hand.
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Jon Tester
American Politician
I was helping my mom grind meat at our butcher shop, and it just hypnotized me. I don't remember sticking my hand in, but it sheared off the three middle fingers and left me with a pinkie and a thumb.
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Jason Clarke
Australian Actor
My father was a sheep shearer, so I grew up in a caravan; we'd go around from shearing shed to shearing shed. My mother always wanted us to be educated, so I went to a school.
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Sydney Smith
English Clergyman
It resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.
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Robert Herrick
English Poet
In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.
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Tiberius
Roman Statesman
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.
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Robert Plant
British Musician
I think I could sing and shear a few sheep at the same time.
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Laurence Sterne
Irish Novelist
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
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Edward Abbey
American Author
Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.
Quote examples
Helen Fisher
American Scientist
Today, most women are surrounded by ingenious gadgets. They don't grow the peas or raise the chicken that they serve for dinner; instead they hunt and gather in the grocery store. They go through catalogs or department stores to buy clothes instead of shearing sheep, carding wool, and weaving cloth for skirts and coats and blankets.
Quote examples
Ralph Northam
American Politician
I learned a lot of lessons growing up on my family's farm on the Eastern Shore: the dignity of hard work, the importance of planning ahead, and the joy you get from serving others. Not to mention how to collect eggs, shear a sheep, and bail hay by hand.
Quote examples
Jon Tester
American Politician
I was helping my mom grind meat at our butcher shop, and it just hypnotized me. I don't remember sticking my hand in, but it sheared off the three middle fingers and left me with a pinkie and a thumb.
Quote examples
Jason Clarke
Australian Actor
My father was a sheep shearer, so I grew up in a caravan; we'd go around from shearing shed to shearing shed. My mother always wanted us to be educated, so I went to a school.
Quote examples
Sydney Smith
English Clergyman
It resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.
Quote examples
Robert Herrick
English Poet
In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.
Quote examples
Tiberius
Roman Statesman
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.
Quote examples
Robert Plant
British Musician
I think I could sing and shear a few sheep at the same time.
Quote examples
Laurence Sterne
Irish Novelist
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Quote examples
Edward Abbey
American Author
Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.
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