Definition of Shear

Noun

• 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"
  

Verb

• become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
  
• cut or cut through with shears
  "shear the wool off the lamb"
  
• shear the wool from
  "shear sheep"
  fleece
• cut with shears
  "shear hedges"
  

Word games points for the Shear

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Unscramble shear

57 unscramble word found using the letters shear.

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