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
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