Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

Adjective

The word "shear" can be used as verb, noun, proper noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

shave

Derived Terms

Kepler shear Sherman alligator shear beshear crocodile shear guillotine shear hydroshear magnetoshear megashear microshear preshear reshear shear centre shear hog shear legs shear line shear modulus shear off shear steel shear strength shear stress shear viscosity shear wall shear wave shear zone shear-cake shear-thickening shear-thinning shearability shearable shearbill shearer shearfree shearless shearlet shearlike shearline shearling shearman shearography shearotactic shearotaxis shearpole sheartail shearwall shearwater squaring shear throatless shear toshear wind shear windshear

Etymologically Related To

sharp

Inflected/Variant Forms

sheer

Context

from indo european geology physics scotland

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

change clip crop cut cut back cut off deformation dress edge tool lop prune shave snip trim

Type Of (IsA)

deformation edge tool scissors

Manner Of

change cut snip

Related Terms

clipping compressive cut cut wool cutting deform deformation deprive fleece force haircut of sheep property reap remove rock scissors shears sheep sheep haircut stress texture wool

Synonym Network

fleece

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