Definitions For Shear

noun

• Large scissors with strong blades
• 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

verb

• Become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
• Cut with shears
• Cut or cut through with shears
• Shear the wool from
• To cut the hair, wool, etc., off (an animal)
• To cut off (an animal's hair, wool, etc.)
• To cut off a person's hair