Shear

What do we mean by shear?

To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping. intransitive verb

To remove the hair or fleece from. intransitive verb

To cut with or as if with shears. intransitive verb

To divest or deprive as if by cutting. intransitive verb

To use a cutting tool such as shears. intransitive verb

To move or proceed by or as if by cutting. intransitive verb

To become deformed by shear force. intransitive verb

A pair of scissors. noun

Any of various implements or machines that cut with a scissorlike action. noun

The act, process, or result of shearing, especially when used to indicate a sheep's age. noun

Something cut off by shearing. noun

An apparatus used to lift heavy weights, consisting of two or more spars joined at the top and spread at the base, the tackle being suspended from the top. noun

Same as shears. noun

A shearing or clipping: used in stating the age of sheep: as, a sheep of one shear, a two-shear sheep (that is, a sheep one or two years old), in allusion to the yearly shearing. noun

A barbed fish-spear with several prongs. noun

A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.

The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.

Forces that push in opposite directions.

A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.

The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.

A large penis. Usually belongs to an overdeveloped male of short stature. The uses for a shear include: "shearing", destruction, and scaring of 8th grade girls at Trevor's house. Urban Dictionary

V. to mentally or physically shorten or minimize an aspect of another Urban Dictionary

An expression of superiority used by many males and some females on their partners after sexual intercourse. The superior person urinates all over his or hers companion, degrading them, making them feel the inferior person in the relationship. Sometimes used for recreational purposes. Urban Dictionary

A person that is not part of a larger group. Such groups are jocks, preps, nerds. A shears is a person that doesn't fit into any of the said groups. Urban Dictionary

When two sheeps scissor, its called shearing. Urban Dictionary

Shaggable, fit, sexy. You’ll have the best time ever in bed with him. Urban Dictionary

A verb, meaning to pick up girls without having to talk, just grind it. Urban Dictionary

A total evasion of work Urban Dictionary

Parental disconnect emotionally and financially from a child who discloses their LGBTQ+ status. The opposite of grooming. Urban Dictionary

When two really hairy lesbians scissor. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to shear:
shear, sheer, hear, smear, swear, sear, sheaf, shead, spear, shea, sheap, stear, shoar, chear, sheal, sheat, sher, shar, shmear, phear, shean, sheas, shuar, snear, scear, shekar.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word shear:
modulus, convection, intensification, outflow, viscosity, weaken, weakening, thinning, deformation, discontinuity, shearing, advisories, intensify, convective, stresses, dissipate, stress, trough, weakened, tensile, dissipated, banding, cyclone, elasticity, utc, thunderstorm, intensified, strain, bending, tropical, circulation, cooler, typhoon, depression, storm, landfall, turbulence, strengthening, tensor, remnant, disturbance, elastic, hurricane, fluid, forecast, waves, mph, intensity, winds, velocity, strengthened, fracture, tornadoes, decreased, strength, loads, perpendicular, favorable, pin, warm, displaced, moisture, thickness, friction, splitting, wave, westward, gradient, instability, tracked, strengthen, prevented, diminished, genius, slip, flow, zone, fault, exposed, steadily, attained, displacement, wind, remnants, compression, imaging, beam, subtropical, steady, particles, yield, equation, rapidly, imagery, lateral, approaching, structural, minimal, weak, slope.

Words that rhyme with shear:
clear, tear, gear, peer, sheer, year, fear, career, adhere, mere, premier, austere, engineer, severe, deer, steer, cavalier, beer, pioneer, appear, queer, smear, volunteer, persevere, atmosphere, near, cheer, sphere, dear, sincere, pier, premiere, rear, interfere, revere, sneer, veneer, sear, frontier, veer, sere, cohere, jeer, hemisphere, souvenir, disappear, spear, cashier, lear, emir, chandelier, belvedere, vere, commandeer, reindeer, biosphere, zaire, mir, chevalier, financier, stratosphere, mear, unclear, amir, stere, kir, stear, bombardier, insincere, neer, yesteryear, racketeer, shere, bandolier, bere, deere, headgear, domineer, mountaineer, brigadier, teer, fleer, profiteer, meir, kier, midyear, crystal clear, fier, speer, marketeer, leap year, auctioneer, gere, reappear, rainier, brere, frere, spere, wier, greer.

Adjectives that are often used to describe shear:
vertical, maximum, simple, pure, horizontal, single, double, high, total, positive, longitudinal, direct, wind, turbulent, low, strong, allowable, negative, viscous, lateral, mean, external, plane, steady, greatest, mechanical, uniform, average, internal, magnetic, interfacial, critical, constant, applied, torsional, undrained, oscillatory, homogeneous, resultant, dextral, live, interlaminar, load, elastic, cyclonic, intense, hydrodynamic, dynamic, laminar, excessive, parallel, minimum, cyclic, plastic, rotational, radial, way, corresponding, ultimate, seismic, weak, ductile, hydraulic, tangential, sinistral, diagonal, invariant, level, flexural, joint, static, stratified, induced, progressive.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective shear:
stress, strength, rate, stresses, force, failure, zones, strain, forces, waves, walls, modulus, flow, deformation, bands, reinforcement, layer, test, resistance, planes, viscosity, strains, velocity, tests, wall, connectors, angle, zone, rates, steel, capacity, loading, direction, lag, fractures, flows, moduli, thinning, loads, displacement, plates, cracks, wave, band, deformations, plane, values, layers, mode, parameters, strengths, diagram, fracture, legs, increases, velocities, thickening, stiffness, failures, transfer, blades, lips, distribution, yielding, banding, curves, load, joints, components, diagrams, properties, keys, jashub, surfaces, testing, fig, measurements, instability, pins, localization, panels, connection, curve, formation, parallel, heating, sheep, cracking, connections, lip, deflection.

Consonant match to shear:
sheer, share, sure, shore, shire, cher, shere, shure, shor, schorr, scheer, shorr, schaar, schor, schar, scherr, schuur, scharr, schear, schehr, sherr.

Words that sound like shear:
sheer, shear, shere, chir, scheer, schere, share, cher, shair, chere, scherr, sure, shore, shower, shire, shor, shure, shar, shoer, shier, shyer, shorr, shoar, schor, schorr, schar, schaar, shiur, schauer, schier, scheuer, schaer, shewer, cheer, jeer, chear, gere, gier, jir, giere, jouir, chair, shiver, shimmer, shears, shitter, sher, shir, shiz, shira, shearer, shipper, sheared, sheers, chare, shish, shur, jair, cherr, schiller, chaire, jare, schmear, shirr, shiro, shr, sheard, shmear, sheered, shinner, schwer, scheerer, scher, shiller, shiffer, scherer, shirah, schiffer, sheerer, schiz, cheir, schnur, shiri, shinar, schmeer, schurr, schur, ashir, schnurr, chiffre, shmeer, gehr, schipper, shicker, schirra, shearn, hsr, cierre, scheurer, arrear.