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shear 
  vb , shears, shearing, sheared 
  (archaic, Austral. and N.Z. sometimes) , shore, sheared, shorn 
1 tr to remove (the fleece or hair) of (sheep, etc.) by cutting or clipping 
2 to cut or cut through (something) with shears or a sharp instrument 
3  (Engineering) to cause (a part, member, shaft, etc.) to deform or fracture or (of a part, etc.) to deform or fracture as a result of excess torsion or transverse load 
4 tr; often foll by: of to strip or divest 
to shear someone of his power  
5 when intr, foll by: through to move through (something) by or as if by cutting 
6  (Scot, or) 
dialect to reap (corn, etc.) with a scythe or sickle 
  n 
7 the act, process, or an instance of shearing 
8 a shearing of a sheep or flock of sheep, esp. when referred to as an indication of age 
a sheep of two shears  
9 a form of deformation or fracture in which parallel planes in a body or assembly slide over one another 
10  (Physics) the deformation of a body, part, etc., expressed as the lateral displacement between two points in parallel planes divided by the distance between the planes 
11 either one of the blades of a pair of shears, scissors, etc. 
12 a machine that cuts sheet material by passing a knife blade through it 
13 a device for lifting heavy loads consisting of a tackle supported by a framework held steady by guy ropes, (See also)   →  shears  →  shore 
  (Old English sceran; related to Old Norse skera to cut, Old Saxon, Old High German skeran to shear; see share2) 
♦  shearer  n 



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