1. Removing by cutting off or clipping

1. Cut with shears
   "shear hedges" 
2. Shear the wool from
   "shear sheep"
   - fleece 
3. Cut or cut through with shears
   "shear the wool off the lamb" 
4. Become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain

Derived forms: shearings

See also: shearer, shears

Type of: change, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cutting, cutting off, dress, lop, prune, shave, snip, trim

Encyclopedia: Shear

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