Definition of shear verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Even though the inner core is solid, it behaves like a softened metal, slowing seismic shear waves and displaying a Poisson's ratio more similar to butter than to steel. SHEAR definition: 1. to cut the wool off a sheep: 2. to cut the hair on a person's head close to the skin.. Learn more.

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Definition of shear. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels. 1. shave, fleece In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than everyone else. SHEAR meaning: 1 : to cut the hair, wool, etc., off (an animal); 2 : to cut off (an animal's hair, wool, etc.) often + off Shear pin, in machinery, such as a plough, designed to shear (break) when a certain force is exceeded, to protect other components of the machine. shear /สƒษชษ™/ vb (shears, shearing, sheared) ( Austral NZ shore, sheared, shorn) (transitive) to remove (the fleece or hair) of (sheep, etc) by cutting or clipping To shear a sheep means to cut its wool off. In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than anywhere else. [VERB noun]

shear /สƒษชษ™/ vb (shears, shearing, sheared) ( Austral NZ shore, sheared, shorn) (transitive) to remove (the fleece or hair) of (sheep, etc) by cutting or clipping To shear a sheep means to cut its wool off. In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than anywhere else. [VERB noun]

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