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"
  • cut with shears
    "shear hedges"
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Unscramble shear

57 unscramble word found using the letters shear.

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