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a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it (usually plural) large scissors with strong blades (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" cut with shears; "shear hedges" cut or cut through with shears shear the wool from; "shear sheep" |
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