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(1):

(v. t.) To reap, as grain.

(2):

(v. t.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4.

(3):

(v. t.) A pair of shears; - now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears.

(4):

(v. t.) A shearing; - used in designating the age of sheep.

(5):

(v. t.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; - also called shearing stress, and tangential stress.

(6):

(v. t.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction.

(7):

(v. t.) To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.

(8):

(v. t.) To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece.

(9):

(v. i.) To deviate. See Sheer.

(10):

(v. i.) To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.

(11):

(v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Shear'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/shear.html. 1828.
 
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