shear

Meanings

• (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"
• a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
• cut with shears
  • "shear hedges"
• shear the wool from
  • "shear sheep"
• cut or cut through with shears
  • "shear the wool off the lamb"
• become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain

Synonyms

fleece