The meaning of SHEAR is to cut off the hair from. How to use shear in a sentence.

SHEAR definition: 1. to cut the wool off a sheep: 2. to cut the hair on a person's head close to the skin…. Learn more.

To shear a sheep means to cut its wool off. In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than anywhere else. [VERB noun]

Shear pin, in machinery, such as a plough, designed to shear (break) when a certain force is exceeded, to protect other components of the machine.

Though shear and sheer sound the same, their meanings diverge significantly. Shear refers to cutting or force-induced displacement within materials, whereas sheer signifies extremity or purity in terms of …

Definition of shear verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

shear verb To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:

Even though the inner core is solid, it behaves like a softened metal, slowing seismic shear waves and displaying a Poisson's ratio more similar to butter than to steel.

shear /ʃɪə/ vb (shears, shearing, sheared) ( Austral NZ shore, sheared, shorn) (transitive) to remove (the fleece or hair) of (sheep, etc) by cutting or clipping

SHEAR meaning: to cut the wool off a sheep. Learn more.