Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb shear
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb shear
Entailment of verb shear
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb shear
3 senses of shear
Sense 1
shear
=> snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
Sense 2
fleece, shear
=> shave, trim
Sense 3
shear
=> cut
Familiarity of verb shear
shear used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb shear
Sense 1
shear
=> snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
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Sense 2
fleece, shear
=> shave, trim
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Sense 3
shear
=> cut
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Grep of noun shear
elasticity of shear
shear
shearer
shearing
shears
shearwater
Overview of noun shear
The noun shear has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (21) shear -- ((physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram")
2. shear -- (edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it)
Overview of verb shear
The verb shear has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) shear -- (cut with shears, as of hedges)
2. fleece, shear -- (shear the wool from "shear sheep")
3. shear -- (cut or cut through with shears)
Grep of adj shear
sheared
Overview of noun shear
The noun shear has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (21) shear -- ((physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram")
2. shear -- (edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it)
Overview of verb shear
The verb shear has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) shear -- (cut with shears, as of hedges)
2. fleece, shear -- (shear the wool from "shear sheep")
3. shear -- (cut or cut through with shears)
shear definition
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