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Meaning:
Noun:
- a cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger
- physics a force that produces a shearing strain
- the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
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Verb:
- physics To deform because of shearing forces
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping
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