Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of shear is as below...

Shearing :: Shearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shea.

Forfex :: Forfex (n.) A pair of shears.

Hag :: Hag (n.) The hagdon or shearwater.

Shearman :: Shearman (n.) One whose occupation is to shear cloth.

Snip :: Snip (n.) A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip..

Crew :: Crew (n.) The Manx shearwater.

Sheared :: Sheared (imp.) of Shea.

Shearwater :: Shearwater (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon..

Woolfell :: Woolfell (n.) A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled.

Sheard :: Sheard (n.) See Shard.

Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth..

Unman :: Unman (v. t.) To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to make womanish.

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth..

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.

Dispirited :: Dispirited (a.) Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted.

Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts..

Sheep-shearing :: Sheep-shearing (n.) A feast at the time of sheep-shearing.

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.

Despond :: Despond (v. i.) To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view..

Shear :: Shear (v. i.) To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact..

Random Fonts

Most Popular