Dictionary Definition
shear
Noun
1 (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 (usually plural) large scissors with strong
blades [syn: shears]
3 a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by
passing a blade through it
Verb
1 cut with shears; "shear hedges"
2 shear the wool from; "shear sheep" [syn:
fleece]
3 cut or cut through with shears
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From scieran, from *|skeran, from *|(s)ker-. Cognate with Dutch scheren, German scheren, Norwegian skjære, Swedish skära; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek sc=Grek, Latin caro, Lithuanian skìrti, Welsh ysgar.Verb
- To cut, originally with
a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- So trenchant was the Templar’s weapon, that it shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace, which the ill-fated Saxon reared to parry the blow, and, descending on his head, levelled him with the earth.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping
- To deform because of shearing forces
Translations
to cut
- Dutch: afsnijden, knippen
- German: abschneiden, schneiden
- Hungarian: vág, levág
- Italian: tagliare
- Japanese: 切る, 剪断する
- Norwegian: klippe
to remove the fleece from a sheep
- Dutch: scheren
- French: tondre
- German: scheren
- Hungarian: megnyír
- Italian: tosare
- Japanese: 刈る
- Norwegian: klippe
- Persian: کوتاه کردن
- Russian: стричь
- Spanish: tundir
- Turkish: kırkmak
to deform because of shearing forces
- Norwegian: klippe
- ttbc Italian: spezzare
- ttbc Korean: 썰다 (sseolda), 자르다 (jareuda)
- ttbc Spanish: esquilar
- ttbc Polish: ścinać
Noun
Derived terms
Translations
a cutting tool similar to scissors
- Norwegian: bøylesaks
the act of shearing, or something removed by
shearing
- Norwegian: klipp
a force that produces a shearing strain
- Norwegian: klipp
Extensive Definition
- 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 light by matter, as predicted by general relativity (see also gravitational lens)
- Shear (geology), a form of fault in rocks
- Guillotine (metalwork), also called a shear, a machine used to cut sheet metal
- Simple shear, a special case of deformation of a fluid
- Shear (fluid), in fluid dynamics, refers to the shear stresses and responses thereto in fluids
- Shear mapping, a particular type of mapping in linear algebra, also called transvection
- Shear rate, a gradient of velocity in a flowing material
- Shear stress in physics, refers to a stress state that will cause shearing (see verb) when it exceeds a material's shear strength
- Shear strength (soil), the shear strength of soil under loading
- Shear line (locksmithing), where the inner cylinder ends and the outer cylinder begins in a cylinder lock
- Shear line (meteorology), an area of wind shear
- Wind shear, a difference in wind speed or direction between two wind currents in the atmosphere
- Shear wall, in structural engineering
- Shear forming in metal working (manufacturing), a metal spinning
- Sheep shearing, the process of removing the wool from a sheep
- Shearing interferometer, in optics, a simple and very common means to check the collimation of beams by observing interference
- Shearing (physics), the deformation of a material substance in which parallel internal surfaces slide past one another
- Skin, specifically, the tearing and splitting of the layers
- Shearing in computer graphics, more commonly called Page tearing
SHEAR as an acronym may refer to
- Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, dealing with United States History 1775-1861
shear in German: Scherung
shear in French: Shear
shear in Japanese: シアリング
shear in Simple English: Shear
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abbreviate, abridge, abscind, abstract, amputate, annihilate, ban, bar, barb, barber, bare, bleed, bleed white, bob, boil down, capsulize, clip, compress, condense, contract, crop, cull, curtail, cut, cut away, cut back, cut down,
cut off, cut off short, cut out, cut short, denudate, denude, deplume, despoil, displume, divest, dock, drain, dry, elide, eliminate, enucleate, epitomize, eradicate, except, excise, exclude, exhaust, expose, extinguish, extirpate, flay, fleece, foreshorten, impoverish, isolate, knock off, lay bare,
lay open, lop, manicure, milk, mow, mutilate, nip, pare, peel, pick clean, pick out,
pluck, poll, pollard, prune, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, remove, retrench, root out, rule out,
set apart, set aside, shave, shorten, skin, skive, snip, snub, stamp out, strike off,
strip, strip bare, strip
off, stunt, suck dry, sum
up, summarize,
synopsize, take in,
take off, take out, telescope, trim, truncate, uncloak, uncover, unsheathe, unveil, wipe
out