Transcription
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- [sheer]
- /ʃɪər/
- /ʃɪər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sheer]
- /ʃɪər/
Definitions of shear word
- verb with object shear to cut (something). 1
- verb with object shear to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument: to shear wool from sheep. 1
- verb with object shear to cut or clip the hair, fleece, wool, etc., from: to shear sheep. 1
- verb with object shear to strip or deprive (usually followed by of): to shear someone of power. 1
- verb with object shear Chiefly Scot. to reap with a sickle. 1
- verb with object shear to travel through by or as if by cutting: Chimney swifts sheared the air. 1
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Origin of shear
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) Middle English sheren, Old English sceran, cognate with Dutch, German scheren, Old Norse skera; (noun) (in sense “tool for shearing”) Middle English sheres (plural), continuing Old English scērero, scēar, two words derived from the same root as the v.
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Parts of speech for Shear
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shear popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shear usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shear
verb shear
- abscind — to cut off
- axe — An axe is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade which is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
- blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
- branched — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
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