Antonyms for shear
ʃɪərshear

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1. shearnoun

   (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"

2. shearverb

   a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it

3. shearverb

   cut with shears

   "shear hedges"

   Synonyms:
   fleece

4. fleece, shearverb

   shear the wool from

   "shear sheep"

   Synonyms:
   hook, fleece, surcharge, gazump, overcharge, plume, pluck, soak, rob

5. shearverb

   cut or cut through with shears

   "shear the wool off the lamb"

   Synonyms:
   fleece

6. shearverb

   become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain

   Synonyms:
   fleece

How to use shear in a sentence?

1. Jeremy DeHart:

   We never know what we're going to find, yet we always have to be thinking two or three steps ahead. So that really makes us need to think about the meteorology [ in each particular storm ], is it a closed low or an open wave ? Maybe it's closed but just elongated ? Is it battling shear ? Are there several smaller swirls competing to be the main circulation center ? Weak storms and invests can be very tricky and require a lot of thinking on our toes.

2. Phil Klotzbach:

   One reason for( the) reduction in Atlantic seasonal hurricane forecast from Colorado State University is due to development of below-normal sea surface temperatures in subtropical Atlantic, when the subtropical Atlantic is cooler than normal, it can sometimes favor increased shear in the tropical Atlantic.

3. Kyle Thiem:

   Because the storms were incredibly shallow, that limited the growth of the parent supercell, which is why so little precipitation was falling, fully formed supercells have a much better ability to harness the low-level shear into the atmosphere in order to produce a tornado.

4. Phil Klotzbach:

   Vertical wind shear is extremely critical for hurricanes in the Atlantic, strong vertical wind shear, the change in wind direction with height, tears apart hurricanes and disrupts their intensification.

5. Chris Broyles:

   The tornadoes are being caused by supercell storms that are being driven by the strong wind shear.

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