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- Dictionaryshear/SHir/
verb
- 1. cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal): "Paul has never sheared a sheep before"
- 2. break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain: "the derailleur sheared and jammed in the rear wheel"
noun
- 1. a strain in the structure of a substance produced by pressure, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other: "the water from the upper source is emitted at the same speed as the main flow; there is thus no shear"
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