shear

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
2. To cut the hair of (a person).
3. To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
4. To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
5. (intransitive) To change in direction or speed.
6. To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
7. (intransitive) To make a vertical cut in coal.
8. (also 'shear off') To break or suddenly separate because of excessive force, eg. a bolt.
9. (Scotland) To reap, as grain.
10. (figuratively) To deprive of property; to fleece.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
2. (countable, uncountable) A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
4. (countable, uncountable) Forces that push in opposite directions.
5. (uncountable) The phenomenon of wind shear.
6. (countable) A specific instance of wind shear.
7. (countable, uncountable) A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point's distance from the line.
8. (countable, uncountable) The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.

Adj

Misspelling of sheer.

Conceptos

esquilar

trasquilar

cortar

pelar

tusar

tundir

recortar

tonsurar

distorsionar

rapar

cizalla

cizallar

cizalladura

segar

esquila

podar

cortar cabellos

cortar con hoz o tijeras

cortar con tijera

cortar con tijeras

cizallado

Sinónimos

cut

clip

mow

shave

trim

fleece

reap

sever

crop

shearing

snip

scissor

cut away

sythe

prune

chop

carve

shorten

cleave

slice

haircut

💇

harvest

hash

#️⃣

hew

incision

intersection

jab

jump cut

lop

nip off

pare

peel

pierce

pinch

plane section

poll

reduce

rend

resect

retrench

saw

🪚

scythe

section

skin

slicer

slit

spay

stab

strip

tear

Traducciones

tondre

tosare

scheren

scheren

knippen

tosquiar

snoeien

tagliare

abschneiden

couper

schneiden

tosar

découper

tondre

cisailler

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ʃɪə(ɹ)/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: sheren

Heredado de inglés antiguo: sċieran

Cognado con frisón occidental: skarre

Cognado con bajo alemán: scheren

Cognado con neerlandés: scheren

Cognado con alemán: scheren

Cognado con danés: skære

Cognado con noruego bokmal: skjære

Cognado con noruego nynorsk: skjera

Cognado con sueco: skära

Cognado con finés: keritä

In summary

From Middle English sheren, scheren, from Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Cognate with West Frisian skarre, Low German scheren, Dutch scheren, German scheren, Danish skære, Norwegian Bokmål skjære, Norwegian Nynorsk skjera, Swedish skära, Finnish keritä; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Latin caro (“flesh”), Albanian shqerr (“to tear, cut”), harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian ski̇̀rti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”). See also sharp.