Definition of shear

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Shear (v. t.) To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece..

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Crew :: Crew (n.) The Manx shearwater.
Sheer :: Sheer (v. t.) To shear.
Disheartening :: Disheartening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dishearte.
Scraber :: Scraber (n.) The Manx shearwater.
Hag :: Hag (n.) The hagdon or shearwater.
Shears :: Shears (n.) A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins..
Guillotine :: Guillotine (n.) Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine..
Discourageable :: Discourageable (a.) Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
Mishear :: Mishear (v. t. & i.) To hear incorrectly.
Amate :: Amate (v. t.) To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt.
Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth..
Costotome :: Costotome (n.) An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections..
Shearn :: Shearn (n.) Dung; excrement.
Shears :: Shears (n.) An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances..
Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass..
Sheartail :: Sheartail (n.) The common tern.
Shearwater :: Shearwater (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon..
Shearing :: Shearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shea.
Shearer :: Shearer (n.) One who shears.
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