shears
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3.0
- noun
- /ʃɪrz/
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tijeras
- She carefully picked up the shears to cut through the thick fabric for her sewing project.
Grab your kitchen shears, grab your scissors.
- Grab your kitchen shears, grab your scissors.
- He's like, OK, I was like, I have like garden shears for like clipping like rose bushes.
- I like to have the control that that's something like this shears allows.
Examples
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The gardener used the shears to trim the overgrown hedges in the backyard.
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I bought hair cutting shears and this continuous spray bottle.
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This is the fabric shears of the model making world.
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Grab your kitchen shears, grab your scissors.
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And as you're cutting, always push the shears into it like that.
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These are little handheld shears so rather than having your secateurs you can use one of these instead.
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To create the perfect shape, always use sharp shears when cutting large sheets of paper.
Synonyms
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1.0
A tool with two blades that cut thin materials like paper
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2.5
A tool used to cut materials like glass or dough
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2.8
A small tool with blades used to cut hair or nails
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1.0
A tool with two sharp blades you hold to cut paper or cloth
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3.0
A tool that cuts and makes edges neat, like wood or hair
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3.1
A tool like a knife or scissors that cuts materials
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3.2
A strong pair of hand scissors for cutting small branches and stems
A small strong pair of scissors for cutting thin metal sheets
Scissors with a blade that has small teeth to remove small amounts of hair
Compounds
- Jargon
Scissors with a blade that has small teeth to remove small amounts of hair
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Etymology
Shears comes from the old verb shear, which means 'to cut'. Think of farmers who 'shear' sheep; the same idea names the big scissors used to cut thick things, so shears are tools for heavy cutting.