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shear

noun
  1. a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
  2. in 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.”
verb
  1. become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
  2. cut with shears
    “shear hedges”
  3. cut or cut through with shears
    “shear the wool off the lamb”
  4. shear the wool from
    “shear sheep”
    fleece