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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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Sheard :: Sheard (n.) See Shard.

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

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..

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece..

Shern :: Shern (n.) See Shearn.

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

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates..

Sheartail :: Sheartail (n.) The common tern.

Shorling :: Shorling (n.) The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing..

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..

Shearer :: Shearer (n.) A reaper.

Disanimate :: Disanimate (v. t.) To deprive of spirit; to dishearten.

Shorn :: Shorn () p. p. of Shear.

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

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

Unheart :: Unheart (v. t.) To cause to lose heart; to dishearten.

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) Same as Shearling.

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4..

Shearn :: Shearn (n.) Dung; excrement.

Guillotine :: Guillotine (n.) Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine..