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Definition of shears in English: shears(also a pair of shears) plural nounʃɪəzʃɪrz A cutting instrument in which two blades move past each other, like scissors but typically larger. when cutting roses, always use a sharp, clean pair of shears Example sentencesExamples - Gulping nervously, she quickly smoothed down her short hair, which she had cropped off awkwardly with a pair of shears, and turned the door knob.
- Make sure your cutting tools are sharp; use barber shears or shears with serrated blades.
- Yesterday I used my magical powers (as well as a thirty-year old pair of shears in need of a little bit of attention with a whetstone) to trim the hedge that runs along the side and in front of the house.
- He wrote about scissors and shears in the September 1999 issue of The Chronicle.
- She opened the sewing kit and took out a pair of shears, and made a cut up the very front to the neck so that the shirt came off the right side of him.
- So I consider a boycott and two seconds later I realise it'd be like taking a pair of shears to my nose.
- Furious now, his mother stormed across the room and yanked open his vanity drawer, rummaging around until she found a pair of shears.
- His hair was longer; it looked like it had been trimmed with a blade instead of shears.
- Cutting with spinning blades instead of the shears creates a lot of dust.
- The worst of the pain is centered around my lower back, and - thanks to a brief but debilitating attempt to wield a pair of shears - both of my wrists.
- Trim excess stem with scissors or pruning shears.
- If you have a few plants indoors, use narrow-bladed pruning shears to prune and shape.
- The old lady had brought a brush and a pair of shears that she was probably going to cut my hair with.
- Something as mundane as getting a haircut becomes a risk factor in a prison setting when the barber does not sterilize shears between cuttings.
- Scissors and shears are not ‘multi-tasking’ tools.
- After it is snapped, trim the paper on the uncut side with a pair of shears or a sharp knife.
- The disease causes a reduction in yield and is transmitted through infected cuttings, shears and other implements, as well as infected soil and water.
- Use the next page to list all your scissors and shears, when they were sharpened and new ones you need.
- Experience equips you with a series of conditioned reflexes which can protect you from some of the more egregious follies, like changing a light bulb while standing in bath water or cutting your toe-nails with garden shears.
- A goose is a tailor's iron; a donkey is a special board used for pressing sleeves and the shears are tailoring scissors.
Origin Old English scēara (plural) 'scissors, cutting instrument', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaar and German Schere, also to shear. Definition of shears in US English: shears(also a pair of shears) plural nounʃɪrzSHirz A cutting instrument in which two blades move past each other, like scissors but typically larger. Example sentencesExamples - So I consider a boycott and two seconds later I realise it'd be like taking a pair of shears to my nose.
- Cutting with spinning blades instead of the shears creates a lot of dust.
- Experience equips you with a series of conditioned reflexes which can protect you from some of the more egregious follies, like changing a light bulb while standing in bath water or cutting your toe-nails with garden shears.
- His hair was longer; it looked like it had been trimmed with a blade instead of shears.
- Gulping nervously, she quickly smoothed down her short hair, which she had cropped off awkwardly with a pair of shears, and turned the door knob.
- He wrote about scissors and shears in the September 1999 issue of The Chronicle.
- The disease causes a reduction in yield and is transmitted through infected cuttings, shears and other implements, as well as infected soil and water.
- A goose is a tailor's iron; a donkey is a special board used for pressing sleeves and the shears are tailoring scissors.
- Something as mundane as getting a haircut becomes a risk factor in a prison setting when the barber does not sterilize shears between cuttings.
- Use the next page to list all your scissors and shears, when they were sharpened and new ones you need.
- The worst of the pain is centered around my lower back, and - thanks to a brief but debilitating attempt to wield a pair of shears - both of my wrists.
- She opened the sewing kit and took out a pair of shears, and made a cut up the very front to the neck so that the shirt came off the right side of him.
- Make sure your cutting tools are sharp; use barber shears or shears with serrated blades.
- Trim excess stem with scissors or pruning shears.
- The old lady had brought a brush and a pair of shears that she was probably going to cut my hair with.
- If you have a few plants indoors, use narrow-bladed pruning shears to prune and shape.
- Scissors and shears are not ‘multi-tasking’ tools.
- After it is snapped, trim the paper on the uncut side with a pair of shears or a sharp knife.
- Yesterday I used my magical powers (as well as a thirty-year old pair of shears in need of a little bit of attention with a whetstone) to trim the hedge that runs along the side and in front of the house.
- Furious now, his mother stormed across the room and yanked open his vanity drawer, rummaging around until she found a pair of shears.
Origin Old English scēara (plural) ‘scissors, cutting instrument’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaar and German Schere, also to shear. |