shearverb
uk/ʃɪər/us/ʃɪr/sheared, sheared or shornshear verb (CUT)
[ T ] to cut the wool off a sheep:
[ T ] to cut the hair on a person's head close to the skin, especially without care:
to have something taken away from you:
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Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- cut sth down
- laceration
- lance
- mow
- nick
- notch
- saw sth down
- scratch
- slash
- slice
- spike
- transfix
- trim
- whittle
- woodcarving
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shear verb (BREAK)
[ I ] specialized engineering If part of something, especially something made of metal, shears, it breaks into two pieces, usually because of a sideways force:
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Chemistry: metals & metalworking
- amalgam
- arc welding
- brass
- cast iron
- Duralumin
- ferromagnetic
- ferromagnetism
- gilt
- heavy metal
- magnetic
- magneto
- metallurgy
- metalwork
- pewter
- soldering iron
- spot-welding
- titanium
- tungsten
- weld
- welder
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shearnoun [ U ]
uk/ʃɪər/us/ʃɪr/movement in the plates in the surface of the earth that causes them to change shape or break
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Geology - general words
- anticline
- auriferous
- Cambrian
- cementation
- compaction
- continental crust
- continental drift
- Cretaceous
- crustal
- deposition
- earth science
- fold
- geology
- Pleistocene
- Pliocene
- Precambrian
- Quaternary
- rocky
- subduction
- subduction zone
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