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Synonyms for shear
ʃɪər
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Princeton's WordNet
shear(noun)
(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(verb)
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
shear(verb)
cut with shears
"shear hedges"
Synonyms:
fleecefleece, shear(verb)
shear the wool from
"shear sheep"
Synonyms:
hook, fleece, surcharge, gazump, overcharge, plume, pluck, soak, robshear(verb)
cut or cut through with shears
"shear the wool off the lamb"
Synonyms:
fleeceshear(verb)
become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
Synonyms:
fleece
Translations for shear
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- ustřihnout, stříhat, ostříhatCzech
- schneiden, scheren, abschneidenGerman
- cizallado, esquilar, tonsurar, cizalla, cizallar, cortar, tundir, distorsionarSpanish
- کوتاه کردنPersian
- viiltää, leikkautua, leike, leikkuu, leikkausvoima, keritä, leikata, keritsimet, leikkausFinnish
- cisaillement, tondeuse, couper, cisailler, tonte, tondaison, cisailles, cisaille, tondreFrench
- lomIrish
- vág, levág, megnyírHungarian
- memotongIndonesian
- cizagarIdo
- tagliare, tosareItalian
- 剪断, 刈る, 切るJapanese
- cirptLatvian
- kutikutiMāori
- afsnijden, knippen, afschuiven, afschuifkracht, scherenDutch
- klipp, klippe, bøylesaksNorwegian
- ciąć, strzyc, ścinać, ścinaniePolish
- tosar, cortar, tosquiar, cisalhar, podaPortuguese
- tundeRomanian
- резать, стричьRussian
- strigati, izviti, стригати, извити, исећи, isećiSerbo-Croatian
- kırkmakTurkish
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