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Word: Shear
Speech Type: Verb
Old English sceran (originally in the sense ‘cut through with a weapon’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German scheren, from a base meaning ‘divide, shear, shave’
ʃɪə
cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal)
Short Definition:cut wool off
Examples:- Paul has never sheared a sheep before
- demonstrations of sheep shearing
break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain
Short Definition:break off or cause to break off, owing to structural strain
Examples:- the gear sheared and jammed in the rear wheel
- three bolts had been completely sheared off
Word: Shear
Speech Type: Noun
ʃɪə
a strain produced by pressure in the structure of a substance, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other
Short Definition:strain produced by pressure in structure of substance
Examples:- the water from the upper source is emitted at the same speed as the main flow; there is thus no shear
- aluminium is not very resilient to shear forces
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