Synonyms for shear
ʃɪərshear

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1. shearnoun

   (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"

2. shearverb

   a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it

3. shearverb

   cut with shears

   "shear hedges"

   Synonyms:
   fleece

4. fleece, shearverb

   shear the wool from

   "shear sheep"

   Synonyms:
   hook, fleece, surcharge, gazump, overcharge, plume, pluck, soak, rob

5. shearverb

   cut or cut through with shears

   "shear the wool off the lamb"

   Synonyms:
   fleece

6. shearverb

   become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain

   Synonyms:
   fleece

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Cut
   • Cut Back
   • Deformation
   • Physics
   • Shave

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shearverb

   Synonyms:
   cut, clip

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "shear":

   shearing, windshear

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1. Stephanie Muldbergs:

   Though Gross waited until the end of Dr. Shear's presentation, and Though Gross went up to Though Gross, and Though Gross said Though Gross knew someone who seemed to fit the condition described in the presentation. Columbia University Shear was kind enough to say,' Well, why don't you have Though Gross call me ?' i went in to see Columbia University Shear. I filled out a lot of forms, and I filled out a form called' The Inventory of Complicated Grief,' on which I scored incredibly high.

2. Chris Broyles:

   The tornadoes are being caused by supercell storms that are being driven by the strong wind shear.

3. Kyle Thiem:

   Because the storms were incredibly shallow, that limited the growth of the parent supercell, which is why so little precipitation was falling, fully formed supercells have a much better ability to harness the low-level shear into the atmosphere in order to produce a tornado.

4. Jeremy DeHart:

   We never know what we're going to find, yet we always have to be thinking two or three steps ahead. So that really makes us need to think about the meteorology [ in each particular storm ], is it a closed low or an open wave ? Maybe it's closed but just elongated ? Is it battling shear ? Are there several smaller swirls competing to be the main circulation center ? Weak storms and invests can be very tricky and require a lot of thinking on our toes.

5. Matt Sena:

   A lot of that is going to depend on where the surface low moves and how far north the warm front gets, the primary threat is going to be damaging winds. There will be some threat for hail. There is enough shear, so we can't rule out the possibility of tornadoes, but the primary threat will be damaging winds.