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shear — verb past tense sheared past participle sheared or shorn /SO:n/ 1 (T) to cut the wool off a sheep 2 be shorn of to have something valuable or important taken away from you: Shorn of all real power by the new laws, the deputy soon resigned. 3 also … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
shear — vb Shear, poll, clip, trim, prune, lop, snip, crop are comparable when they mean to cut off something (as a piece, an excrescence, or a limb). Shear is the most general word of this group; it usually implies the use of a sharp cutting instrument… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Shear — (sh[=e]r), v. t. [imp. {Sheared}or {Shore};p. p. {Sheared} or {Shorn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shearing}.] [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re, Gr. ???. Cf. {Jeer},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shear — [ʃıə US ʃır] v past tense sheared past participle sheared or shorn [ʃo:n US ʃo:rn] [T] [: Old English; Origin: scieran] 1.) to cut the wool off a sheep 2.) literary to cut off someone s hair ▪ Her long fair hair had been shorn … Dictionary of contemporary English
shear — v 1. cut, shave, fleece, poll, cut off, remove, retrench; trim, clip, snip off, shingle, crop, cut back, lop off, dock, prune. 2.Usu. shear of strip, deprive, divest, remove, take away, relieve of. n 3. shears large scissors, sewing shears,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
shear — Synonyms 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… … Moby Thesaurus
shear — ʃɪr /ʃɪə v. cut off hair or fleece; trim with a sharp tool; deprive of, take away … English contemporary dictionary
Wind shear — Wind shear, sometimes referred to as windshear or wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed and direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere. Wind shear can be broken down into vertical and horizontal components, with… … Wikipedia
Rhonda Shear — Pageant titleholder bio name = Rhonda Shear title= Miss Louisiana USA 1975 nationalcompetition= Miss USA 1975 photo= caption = birth = birth date and age|1954|11|12|mf=y location = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. birthname = Rhonda Honey Shear… … Wikipedia
Adiabatic shear band — is a term used in physics, mechanics and engineering. Since the 1960s adiabatic shear bands have been studied extensively because of their importance as a failure mode in areas such as metal forming and cutting, various types of ballistic impact … Wikipedia
Pushback — In aviation, pushback is an airport procedure during which an aircraft is pushed backwards away from an airport gate by external power, when there isn t enough room for the aircraft to turn around under its own power (which requires some degree… … Wikipedia
