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shears shears definition

shears


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  shear 
 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  shear 
 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  shear 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  shear 
 
  3  senses  of  shear 
 
  Sense  1 
  shear 
  =>  snip,  clip,  crop,  trim,  lop,  dress,  prune,  cut  back 
 
  Sense  2 
  fleece,  shear 
  =>  shave,  trim 
 
  Sense  3 
  shear 
  =>  cut 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  shear 
 
  shear  used  as  a  verb  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  shear 
 
  Sense  1 
  shear 
  =>  snip,  clip,  crop,  trim,  lop,  dress,  prune,  cut  back 
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  Sense  2 
  fleece,  shear 
  =>  shave,  trim 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  shear 
  =>  cut 
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  Grep  of  noun  shears 
  pruning  shears 
  shears 
  thinning  shears 
 
  Grep  of  noun  shear 
  elasticity  of  shear 
  shear 
  shearer 
  shearing 
  shears 
  shearwater 
 
  Overview  of  noun  shears 
 
  The  noun  shears  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  shears  --  (large  scissors  with  strong  blades) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  shear 
 
  The  noun  shear  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (21)  shear  --  ((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.  shear  --  (edge  tool  that  cuts  sheet  metal  by  passing  a  blade  through  it) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  shear 
 
  The  verb  shear  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  shear  --  (cut  with  shears,  as  of  hedges) 
  2.  fleece,  shear  --  (shear  the  wool  from  "shear  sheep") 
  3.  shear  --  (cut  or  cut  through  with  shears) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  shears 
 
  The  noun  shears  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  shears  --  (large  scissors  with  strong  blades) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  shear 
 
  The  noun  shear  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (21)  shear  --  ((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.  shear  --  (edge  tool  that  cuts  sheet  metal  by  passing  a  blade  through  it) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  shear 
 
  The  verb  shear  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  shear  --  (cut  with  shears,  as  of  hedges) 
  2.  fleece,  shear  --  (shear  the  wool  from  "shear  sheep") 
  3.  shear  --  (cut  or  cut  through  with  shears) 



shears definition