Transcription
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- [sheer]
- /ʃɪər/
- /ʃɪəz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sheer]
- /ʃɪər/
Definitions of shears word
- verb with object shears to cut (something). 1
- verb with object shears to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument: to shear wool from sheep. 1
- verb with object shears to cut or clip the hair, fleece, wool, etc., from: to shear sheep. 1
- verb with object shears to strip or deprive (usually followed by of): to shear someone of power. 1
- verb with object shears Chiefly Scot. to reap with a sickle. 1
- verb with object shears to travel through by or as if by cutting: Chimney swifts sheared the air. 1
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Origin of shears
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 Shears
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shears 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".
shears usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shears
noun shears
verb shears
- clips — C Language Integrated Production System
- divides — Separate or be separated into parts.
- flitches — Plural form of flitch.
- hackles — one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- lops — Plural form of lop.
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