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. 1. shave, fleece In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than everyone else.

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shear /ΚƒΙͺΙ™/ 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] Definition of shear verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. The meaning of SHEAR is to cut off the hair from. How to use shear in a sentence. 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 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 meaning: 1 : to cut the hair, wool, etc., off (an animal); 2 : to cut off (an animal's hair, wool, etc.) often + off

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