They usually shear sheep in spring.
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Shear
/ʃɪə(ɹ)/
Synonyms for "shear" (143 found)
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Closest matches (29)
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Related words (71)
Noun(16 words)
pruning shearsshaveshear deformationshear forceshear stressshear-relatedskewingslidesliding deformationsliding-deformationsliptrimturn asideveerwarp distortionwind shear
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More general
24 entrieschangeclipcropcutcut backcutting tooldeformdeformationdressedge toolinstrumentlopmechanical propertymechanical quantitymove
Showing 16 of 24 words.
More specific
14 entriesfleece removalgarden shearsindustrial shearsplane shearpruning shearspure shearshear deformationshear failureshear modulusshear strengthsimple shearturn asideveer offwool shearing
Collocations
14 entriesgarden shearsindustrial shearsplane shearshear bandshear deformationshear forceshear loadingshear modulusshear planeshear rateshear strainshear strengthshear stresssimple shear
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
1 translations across 1 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- vinouttaa verb (to apply a shear transformation)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
If the torque is too high, the shaft might break. That's why we are using a shear splint as a torque limiter.
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I cannot shear my sheep now. It's still cold.
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He knows how to shear a sheep.
Source: tatoeba (1762044)
Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.