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Definition of shear

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Shear (v. t.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress..

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Reanimate :: Reanimate (v. t.) To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits..

Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt..

Clip :: Clip (v. t.) To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin..

Dishearten :: Dishearten (v. t.) To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.

Sheep-shearer :: Sheep-shearer (n.) One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep..

Shearmen :: Shearmen (pl. ) of Shearma.

Sheared :: Sheared (imp.) of Shea.

Costotome :: Costotome (n.) An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections..

Shears :: Shears (n.) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge..

Intimidate :: Intimidate (v. t.) To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash..

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

Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.

Procellarian :: Procellarian (n.) One of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridae) including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters. They are often seen in great abundance in stormy weather..

Lewisson :: Lewisson (n.) A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.

Clip :: Clip (n.) A cutting; a shearing.

Snip :: Snip (n.) Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.

Wind :: Wind (n.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing..

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

Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass..