Related Definitions
[n] edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
[n] (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"
[v] cut with shears, as of hedges
[v] cut or cut through with shears
[v] shear the wool from; "shear sheep"