shear

To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.intransitivetransitive

• shear the llamas

To cut the hair of (a person).

• shear the afro off someone's head

To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.

• the golden tresses […] were shorn away

To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.

To change in direction or speed.intransitive

• The total along-the-runway wind component sheared from an 8-knot headwind to about a 56-knot tailwind over a 44-second period.

To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.

To make a vertical cut in coal.intransitive

(also 'shear off') To break or suddenly separate because of excessive force, eg. a bolt.

To reap, as grain.Scotland

• Soon as the bending Scythe, And Sickle keen, have shear'd the golden Grain, Array'd in all the Equipage of Death, Forth the stern Sportsman stalks

To deprive of property; to fleece.figuratively

A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.countableuncountable

• short of their wool, and naked from the shear

A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.countableuncountable

The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.countableuncountable

• After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; […] at the expiration of another year, he is a three-shear ram; the name always taking its date from the time of shearing.

Forces that push in opposite directions.countableuncountable

The phenomenon of wind shear.uncountable

• The first effect of a wind shear was detected at 34 to 42 seconds into the takeoff, at a speed of about 115 KIAS with the airplane about 3,800 feet down the runway. An average shear rate of about 2.5 knots per second resulted in an interrup

A specific instance of wind shear.countable

• We hit a nasty shear on approach and had to go around.

A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point's distance from the line.countableuncountable

The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.countableuncountable

Misspelling of sheer.alt-ofmisspelling