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.

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

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

3 days ago · shear (third-person singular simple present shears, present participle shearing, simple past sheared or shore, past participle shorn or sheared) (intransitive, transitive) To …

Also called shear legs, sheerlegs. a framework for hoisting heavy weights, consisting of two or more spars with their legs separated, fastened together near the top and steadied by guys, …

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 definition: To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping.

SHEAR meaning: 1 : to cut the hair, wool, etc., off (an animal); 2 : to cut off (an animal's hair, wool, etc.) often + off

A shear is a cutting implement that looks like a long pair of scissors. Also like scissors, this form of the noun is usually plural. You can cut metal, prune a tree, or cut up a chicken with shears.