| SHEAR | • shear v. To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears. • shear v. To remove the fleece from a sheep etc. by clipping. • shear v. To cut the hair of (a person). |
| SHEARS | • shears n. Plural of shear. • shears n. A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for… • shears n. (Engineering) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured. |
| SHEARED | • sheared v. Simple past tense and past participle of shear. • SHEAR v. to cut the wool or hair from. |
| SHEARER | • shearer n. A person employed to remove the wool from sheep using shears. • shearer n. A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate. • Shearer prop.n. An English surname originating as an occupation for a shearer. |
| SHEARERS | • shearers n. Plural of shearer. • SHEARER n. one who shears (sheep). |
| SHEARING | • shearing adj. Tending to cut or tear. • shearing v. Present participle of shear. • shearing n. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. |
| SHEARLEG | • shearleg n. Alternative form of sheerleg. • SHEARLEG n. one of the spars of sheers, also SHEERLEG. |
| SHEARMAN | • shearman n. One whose occupation is to shear cloth. • Shearman prop.n. A surname. • SHEARMAN n. a textile worker. |
| SHEARMEN | • shearmen n. Plural of shearman. • SHEARMAN n. a textile worker. |
| SHEARINGS | • shearings n. Plural of shearing. • SHEARING n. the act of cutting wool or hair. |
| SHEARLEGS | • shearlegs n. Plural of shearleg. • shear␣legs n. (Nautical) A form of derrick, consisting of three poles and a block and tackle, used to hoist and lower… • SHEARLEG n. one of the spars of sheers, also SHEERLEG. |
| SHEARLING | • shearling n. A sheep that has been shorn for the first time. • shearling n. (Chiefly US) A sheepskin or lambskin that has gone through a limited shearing process so that the fibers… • SHEARLING n. a one-year-old sheep, from which one crop of wool has been taken. |
| SHEARLINGS | • shearlings n. Plural of shearling. • SHEARLING n. a one-year-old sheep, from which one crop of wool has been taken. |
| SHEARWATER | • shearwater n. Any of the long-winged pelagic seabirds of the family Procellariidae in genera Puffinus, Ardenna, and… • shearwater n. (By extension) Any of the entire family Procellariidae, including certain of the petrels. • SHEARWATER n. a gull-like oceanic bird of the petrel family. |
| SHEARWATERS | • shearwaters n. Plural of shearwater. • SHEARWATER n. a gull-like oceanic bird of the petrel family. |