shear
noun
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- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram
Types & categories
- deformation hypernym
Related & opposite
- physics domain topic
Sense 2 verb
cut with shears
shear hedges
Types & categories
- prune hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
Types & categories
- edge tool hypernym
Related & opposite
- shear derivation
Sense 4 verb
shear the wool from
shear sheep
Types & categories
- shave hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
cut or cut through with shears
shear the wool off the lamb
Types & categories
- cut hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- physics domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | deformation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shearing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shears |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shearer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | prune |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shear |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | edge tool |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shearing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wool |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shears |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shearer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sheepskin |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fleece |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | shave |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | shearing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | shear |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | shearer |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |