shear -- ((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")
shear -- (a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it)
Overview of verb shear
The verb shear has 4 senses
shear -- (cut with shears; "shear hedges")
fleece, shear -- (shear the wool from; "shear sheep")
shear -- (cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb")
shear -- (become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain)
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