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shears
/ʃiɹz/ · 6 letters · 5 distinct letters
- noun
large scissors with strong blades
- noun
(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
- noun
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
- verb
cut with shears
shear hedges
- verb
shear the wool from
shear sheep