Definitions
noun
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
verb
become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
verb
cut or cut through with shears
“shear the wool off the lamb”
verb
cut with shears
“shear hedges”
noun
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”
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