·vt To reap, as grain.
II. Shear ·vi To deviate.
·see Sheer.
III. Shear ·vt A shearing;
- used in designating the age of sheep.
IV. Shear ·vt To produce a change of shape in by a shear. ·see Shear, ·noun, 4.
V. Shear ·vt Fig.: To deprive of property; to
Fleece.
VI. Shear ·vt To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
VII. Shear ·vt A pair of shears;
- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. ·see Shears.
VIII. Shear ·vt To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece.
IX. Shear ·vi 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.
X. Shear ·vt 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.
XI. Shear ·vt 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.