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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Disheartening :: Disheartening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dishearte.
Share :: Share (v. t.) To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
Sheerwater :: Sheerwater (n.) The shearwater.
Sheep-shearing :: Sheep-shearing (n.) A feast at the time of sheep-shearing.
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..
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..
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..
Deject :: Deject (v. t.) To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.
Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The act or operation of reaping.
Snip :: Snip (v. t.) To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away..
Shears :: Shears (n.) Anything in the form of shears.
Lewisson :: Lewisson (n.) A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.
Shear :: 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..
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..
Dispirit :: Dispirit (v. t.) To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.
Clip :: Clip (n.) A cutting; a shearing.
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..
Shearer :: Shearer (n.) One who shears.
Hackbolt :: Hackbolt (n.) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.
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