Read the dictionary definition of shear. All definitions for this word.
1. a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
2. (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
1. the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram
3. become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
4. cut with shears
1. shear hedges
5. cut or cut through with shears
1. shear the wool off the lamb
6. shear the wool from
1. shear sheep