Shear

"Shear" in Finnish

keritsimet

(a cutting tool similar to scissors)

leike

(the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing)

leikkaus

(the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing)

leikkausvoima

(a force that produces a shearing strain)

leikkuu

(the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing)

vinoutus

(a shear transformation)

keritä

(to remove the fleece from a sheep)

leikata

(to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces)

leikkautua

(to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces)

viiltää

(to cut)

vinouttaa

(to apply a shear transformation)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.