shear

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ʃɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

countable uncountable

A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger. / (metalworking) A large machine use for cutting sheet metal. / The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.

Japanese Meaning

はさみに似た切断工具（通常は大きめのもの） / 金属加工用の大きな切断機械 / 剪断、すなわち刈り取る行為またはその結果得られるもの

What is this buttons?

She picked up the old shear and started trimming the overgrown hedge.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は古い大型のはさみを手に取り、伸びすぎた生垣の手入れを始めた。

Details

Sense（1）

A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.

short of their wool, and naked from the shear

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（2）

(metalworking) A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.

Sense（3）

The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.

After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; […] at the expiration of another year, he is a three-shear ram; the name always taking its date from the time of shearing.

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