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Shear Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

(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"
(usually plural) large scissors with strong blades [syn: shears]
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it v
cut with shears; "shear hedges"
shear the wool from; "shear sheep" [syn: fleece]
cut or cut through with shears

Shear Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.
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.
To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
(Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4.

Shear Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.
A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.

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* It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it. - Latin Proverb

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