to shear

Examples

• All

• To maintain its shape, the gardener decided to shear the overgrown hedge.

• Gonna shear some more sheep.

  The Game (1997)

• Shear them, put them back.

  Bush Christmas (1983)

• It's time to shear back the Sweet Romance lavender.

• But sheep are never calm when they are being sheared.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Gabriel is shearing the sheep when Bathsheba approaches, looking resolute.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The farmer will shear the sheep to collect its wool for the winter season.

• After they sheared the flock, they sorted the wool for sale.

Synonyms

C

to cut

vsto shear

623 2.1

To make shapes using scissors or a knife

focuses on removing hair, wool, or other materials with scissors or similar tools

S

to shave

vsto shear

467 1.0

To remove hair from the face or body using a razor

involves removing hair, wool, or materials with scissors or similar tools rather than razors

C

to cut hair

vsto shear

80 1.0

Make a person's hair shorter using scissors or clippers

applies to removing or shortening hair, wool, or other materials, not only people's hair

C

to clip

vsto shear

51 1.6

To cut hair or plants shorter with scissors

applies to cutting hair, wool, or other materials rather than just shortening

F

to fleece

vsto shear

1 4.2

Remove the wool from a sheep

applies to cutting hair, wool, or other materials rather than only sheep wool

F

to fleeche

vsto shear

• Archaic

9.9

To cut the wool off a sheep

is the modern term for this cutting action rather than the older form

Antonyms

G

to grow

39 2.0

Become joined together over time, as body tissue or tree trunks

Compounds

E

elasticity of shear

• Specialized

7.8

How well a material returns to its original shape after a sideways force

How Much

to shave

467 1.0

to crop

4 2.5

to shear

9 3.5

to clip

51 1.6

trim

33 2.5

Surface Forms

Etymology