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shear
noun
1 shear
physics A deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves.
Dutch: schuifkracht
2 shear
A large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it.
verb
1 shear
Cut with shears.
Roget 201:
be short
etc.
adj.;
render short
etc.
adj.;
shorten,
curtail,
abridge,
abbreviate,
take in,
reduce;
compress
etc.
(contract)
195;
epitomize
etc.
596.
retrench,
cut short,
obtruncate†;
scrimp,
cut,
chop up,
hack,
hew;
cut down,
pare down;
clip,
dock,
lop,
prune,
shear,
shave,
mow,
reap,
crop;
snub;
truncate,
pollard,
stunt,
nip,
check the growth of;
foreshorten
(in drawing).
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Roget 195:
become small,
become smaller;
lessen,
decrease
etc.
36;
grow less,
dwindle,
shrink,
contract,
narrow,
shrivel,
collapse,
wither,
lose flesh,
wizen,
fall away,
waste,
wane,
ebb;
decay
etc.
(deteriorate)
659.
be smaller than,
fall short of;
not come up to
etc.
(be inferior)
34.
render smaller,
lessen,
diminish,
contract,
draw in,
narrow,
coarctate†;
boil down;
constrict,
constringe†;
condense,
compress,
squeeze,
corrugate,
crimp,
crunch,
crush,
crumple up,
warp,
purse up,
pack,
squeeze,
stow;
pinch,
tighten,
strangle;
cramp;
dwarf,
bedwarf†;
shorten
etc.
201;
circumscribe
etc.
229;
restrain
etc.
751.
[reduce in size by abrasion or paring. ]
(subtraction)
38
abrade,
pare,
reduce,
attenuate,
rub down,
scrape,
file,
file down,
grind,
grind down,
chip,
shave,
shear,
wear down.
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2 shear
Shear the wool from:
— Shear sheep.
synonym: fleece.
Roget 789:
take,
catch,
hook,
nab,
bag,
sack,
pocket,
put into one's pocket;
receive;
accept.
reap,
crop,
cull,
pluck;
gather
etc.
(get)
775;
draw.
appropriate,
expropriate,
impropriate†;
assume,
possess oneself of;
take possession of;
commandeer;
lay one's hands on,
clap one's hands on;
help oneself to;
make free with,
dip one's hands into,
lay under contribution;
intercept;
scramble for;
deprive of.
take away,
carry away,
bear away,
take off,
carry off,
bear off;
adeem†;
abstract;
hurry off with,
run away with;
abduct;
steal
etc.
791;
ravish;
seize;
pounce upon,
spring upon;
swoop to,
swoop down upon;
take by storm,
take by assault;
snatch,
reave†.
snap up,
nip up,
whip up,
catch up;
kidnap,
crimp,
capture,
lay violent hands on.
get hold of,
lay hold of,
take hold of,
catch hold of,
lay fast hold of,
take firm hold of;
lay by the heels,
take prisoner;
fasten upon,
grip,
grapple,
embrace,
gripe,
clasp,
grab,
clutch,
collar,
throttle,
take by the throat,
claw,
clinch,
clench,
make sure of.
catch at,
jump at,
make a grab at,
snap at,
snatch at;
reach,
make a long arm,
stretch forth one's hand.
take from,
take away from;
disseize†;
deduct
etc.
38;
retrench
etc.
(curtail)
201;
dispossess,
ease one of,
snatch from one's grasp;
tear from,
tear away from,
wrench from,
wrest from,
wring from;
extort;
deprive of,
bereave;
disinherit,
cut off with a shilling.
oust
etc.
(eject)
297;
divest;
levy,
distrain,
confiscate;
sequester,
sequestrate;
accroach†;
usurp;
despoil,
strip,
fleece,
shear,
displume†,
impoverish,
eat out of house and home;
drain,
drain to the dregs;
gut,
dry,
exhaust,
swallow up;
absorb
etc.
(suck in)
296;
draw off;
suck the blood of,
suck like a leech.
retake,
resume;
recover
etc.
775.
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3 shear
Cut or cut through with shears.
4 shear
Become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain.
Dutch: afschuiven, scheren
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