They usually shear sheep in spring.
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Shear
//ʃɪə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "shear" (120 found)
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14 entriesSynonyms
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
51 entriesShowing 16 of 51 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
183 translations across 59 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- skeer verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Albanian
3 entries- pres verb (to cut)
- qeth verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- qeth verb (to cut the hair of a person)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κείρω verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Arabic
2 entries- جَزَّ verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- قَصَّ verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Armenian
1 entries- խուզել verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Aromanian
1 entries- tundu verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Belarusian
1 entries- стры́гчы verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ножица за стригане noun (a cutting tool similar to scissors)
- сила на срязване noun (a force that produces a shearing strain)
- стригане noun (the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing)
- режа verb (to cut)
Catalan
3 entries- esquilar verb (to cut)
- tondosar verb (to cut)
- tondre verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 切 verb (to cut)
- 剪斷 /剪断 verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Czech
4 entries- ostříhat verb (to cut)
- stříhat verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- stříhat verb (to cut)
- stříhat, ostříhat verb (to cut the hair of a person)
Danish
2 entries- klippe verb (to cut)
- skære verb (to cut)
Dutch
4 entries- afschuifkracht noun (a force that produces a shearing strain)
- afschuiven verb (to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces)
- afsnijden verb (to cut)
- knippen verb (to cut the hair of a person)
Finnish
4 entries- keritsimet noun (a cutting tool similar to scissors)
- leike noun (the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing)
- leikkaus noun (the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing)
- leikkausvoima noun (a force that produces a shearing strain)
French
4 entries- cisaille noun (a cutting tool similar to scissors)
- cisaillement noun (a force that produces a shearing strain)
- cisailles noun (a cutting tool similar to scissors)
- tondaison noun (the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing)
Friulian
1 entries- tosâ verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Galician
4 entries- cisalla noun (a cutting tool similar to scissors)
- rapa noun (the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing)
- arrocar verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- chamorrar verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Georgian
4 entries- გაკრეჭვა verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- გაჭრა verb (to cut)
- კრეჭა verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- კრეჭვა verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
German
4 entries- Scherkraft noun (a force that produces a shearing strain)
- abschneiden verb (to cut the hair of a person)
- abschneiden verb (to cut)
- rasieren verb (to cut the hair of a person)
Greek
1 entries- κουρεύω verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Hebrew
1 entries- גֵּז noun (the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing)
Hungarian
4 entries- lenyír verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- levág verb (to cut)
- megnyír verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- nyír verb (to cut)
Icelandic
4 entries- klippa verb (to cut the hair of a person)
- klippa verb (to cut)
- raka verb (to cut the hair of a person)
- rýja verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Ido
1 entries- cizagar verb (to cut)
Indonesian
1 entries- memotong verb (to cut)
Ingrian
2 entries- keritä verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- keritä verb (to cut the hair of a person)
Irish
2 entries- bearr verb (to cut the hair of a person)
- lom verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Italian
3 entries- cesoia noun (a cutting tool similar to scissors)
- tagliare verb (to cut)
- tosare verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Japanese
3 entries- 切る verb (to cut)
- 刈る verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- 剪断する verb (to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces)
Korean
2 entries- 썰다 verb (to cut)
- 자르다 verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Latin
2 entries- tondeō verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- tondeō verb (to cut)
Latvian
1 entries- cirpt verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Macedonian
1 entries- стриже verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Māori
3 entries- kutikuti noun (a cutting tool similar to scissors)
- kutikuti verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- kutikuti verb (to cut)
Norwegian
4 entries- bøylesaks noun (a cutting tool similar to scissors)
- klipp noun (the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing)
- klipp noun (a force that produces a shearing strain)
- klippe verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Occitan
2 entries- tondre verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- tónder verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قرقمق verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- قرقمق verb (to cut)
Persian
1 entries- کوتاه کردن verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Polish
4 entries- ścinanie noun (the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing)
- ciąć verb (to cut)
- strzyc verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- ścinać verb (to cut)
Portuguese
4 entries- poda noun (the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing)
- tosquiadeira noun (a cutting tool similar to scissors)
- cisalhar verb (to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces)
- cortar verb (to cut)
Quechua
1 entries- rutuy verb (to cut)
Romanian
2 entries- tunde verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- tunde verb (to cut)
Russian
4 entries- ножницы noun (a cutting tool similar to scissors)
- стрижка noun (the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing)
- подстрига́ть verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- подстрига́ть verb (to cut)
Salar
2 entries- yiligüsi verb (to cut the hair of a person)
- zenle verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- iseći verb (to cut)
- izviti verb (to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces)
- strigati verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- strići verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Sicilian
1 entries- tùnniri verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Slovak
1 entries- strihať verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Slovene
1 entries- striči verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Southern Altai
1 entries- кыркы verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Spanish
4 entries- cizalla noun (a cutting tool similar to scissors)
- cizallado noun (the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing)
- cizalladura noun (a force that produces a shearing strain)
- cizallar verb (to cut)
Swedish
2 entries- skjuvning noun (a force that produces a shearing strain)
- skjuva verb (to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces)
Tocharian A
1 entries- wärk verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Tocharian B
1 entries- wārk verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Turkish
4 entries- kırkmak verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- saçını kesmek verb (to cut the hair of a person)
- tıraş etmek verb (to cut the hair of a person)
- yülümek verb (to cut the hair of a person)
Ukrainian
1 entries- стри́гти verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Venetan
3 entries- tondar verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- tondir verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- toxar verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cắt verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Welsh
1 entries- cneifio verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
Yiddish
2 entries- שערן verb (to remove the fleece from a sheep)
- שערן verb (to cut)
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.
Source: tatoeba (1394725)
I cannot shear my sheep now. It's still cold.
Source: tatoeba (1688720)
He knows how to shear a sheep.
Source: tatoeba (1762044)
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