Another word for shear

Noun

shear - a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it

shear - (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves

Example:- the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram

Verb

fleece, shear - shear the wool from

Example:- shear sheep

shear - cut with shears

Example:- shear hedges

shear - cut or cut through with shears

Example:- shear the wool off the lamb

shear - become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain

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