Tending to cut or tear.

The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. / The material cut off in this way.

present participle of shear

plural of shearing

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.

To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears. / To remove the fleece from a sheep etc. by clipping. / To cut the hair of (a person).

Misspelling of sheer.

simple past tense and past participle of shear

A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shear