shear

  • 11Shear — Shear. См. скол. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …

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  • 12shear — [ ʃır ] (past tense sheared; past participle sheared or shorn [ ʃɔrn ] ) verb 1. ) transitive to cut the wool from a sheep 2. ) intransitive or transitive to cut or break something: His airplane sheared off the tops of the trees …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 13shear — [v] clip, cut crop, cut back, fleece, groom, mow, pare, prune, shave, shorten, snip, trim; concepts 137,176 …

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  • 14shear — [shir] vt. sheared, sheared or shorn, shearing [ME scheren < OE scieran, akin to Ger scheren < IE base * (s)ker , to cut > HARVEST] 1. to cut with shears or a similar sharp edged instrument 2. a) to remove (the hair, wool, etc.) by… …

    English World dictionary

  • 15Shear — For similarly pronounced words, see sheer, Shere, or sher. Shear as a noun may refer to:*Bias (textile), in clothing design, fabric may be cut on the shear *Cosmic shear, an effect of distortion of image of distant galaxies due to deflection of… …

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  • 16shear — shearer, n. shearless, adj. /shear/, v., sheared, sheared or shorn, shearing, n. v.t. 1. to cut (something). 2. to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument: to shear wool from sheep …

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  • 17shear — plane·shear; shear·bill; shear; shear·er; shear·hog; shear·less; shear·ling; shear·man; shear·mouse; …

    English syllables

  • 18shear — [[t]ʃɪər[/t]] v. sheared, sheared shorn, shear•ing, 1) to cut (something) 2) ahb. to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping: to shear wool from sheep[/ex] 3) ahb. to cut or clip the hair, fleece, wool, etc., from: to shear sheep[/ex] 4) to… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 19shear — I. verb (sheared; sheared or shorn; shearing) Etymology: Middle English sheren, from Old English scieran; akin to Old Norse skera to cut, Latin curtus mutilated, curtailed, Greek keirein to cut, shear, Sanskrit kṛnāti he injures Date: before 12th …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 20shear — [c]/ʃɪə / (say shear) verb (sheared or shore, shorn or sheared, shearing) –verb (t) 1. to remove by or as by cutting with a sharp instrument: to shear wool from sheep. 2. to cut the hair, fleece, wool, etc., from. 3. to reap with a sickle. 4 …