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(verb) cut with shears, as of hedges |
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Related Words: clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim |
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| 2. |
(verb) cut or cut through with shears |
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Related Words: cut |
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(noun) a machine that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it |
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Related Words: edge tool |
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(noun) (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" |
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Related Words: deformation |
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(verb) shear the wool from; "shear sheep" |
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Synonyms: fleece |
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Related Words: shave, trim |
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