The gardener cuts back the bushes with shears and the grass with a scythe.
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Shears
//ʃɪɹz//
Synonyms for "shears" (10 found)
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40 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κουρίς noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
- ψαλίς noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Bulgarian
2 entries- лозарска ножица noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
- ножица за стригане на овце noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Catalan
2 entries- cisalla noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
- tisores noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 剪刀 noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Finnish
2 entries- keritsimet noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
- sakset noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
French
1 entries- cisailles noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Friulian
1 entries- fuarpis noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Galician
1 entries- tallante noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
German
1 entries- Schere noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Greek
1 entries- ψαλίδα noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַזְמֵרָה noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Icelandic
1 entries- klippur noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Ido
1 entries- cizego noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Irish
1 entries- deimheas noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Italian
4 entries- cesoia noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
- cesoie noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
- forbice noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
- forbici noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Japanese
1 entries- 鋏 noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Latin
1 entries- forfex noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Latvian
1 entries- dzirkles noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Māori
1 entries- kutikuti noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- صندی noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
- مقص noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Persian
1 entries- دوکارد noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schea noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Polish
1 entries- nożyce noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Portuguese
1 entries- tesoura de tosquiar noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Romanian
1 entries- foarfece noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Russian
1 entries- но́жницы noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Spanish
2 entries- cizalla noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
- cizallas noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Swedish
1 entries- sax noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Talysh
1 entries- قیچی noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Tarifit
1 entries- timešraḍ noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Venetan
1 entries- sixore noun (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Where are the garden shears?
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You may borrow my pruning shears.
Source: tatoeba (8970086)
I need to buy some garden shears.
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