Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shear

plural of Shear

A surname.

A building in which sheep are sheared.

plural of shearing shed

(meteorology, weather, aviation) A change of wind speed, direction, and magnitude over a short spatial distance.

(sewing) A pair of scissors with zigzag cutting edges, used to cut fabric: the zigzag edge helps keep the fabric from fraying.

(physics) the component of stress that causes parallel layers of a material to move relative to each other in their own planes.

plural of shear wave

(physics) A wave that changes the medium through which it travels to change its shape but not its volume or density.