Shear - Definition
shear
n 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: a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade
through it
v 1: cut with shears; "shear hedges"
2: shear the wool from; "shear sheep" [syn: fleece, shear]
3: cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb"
4: become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing
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