All shear synonyms

verb shear

• hackle — 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.
• detruncate — to cut off a part of; truncate
• facetted — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
• rabbet — a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
• chining — the backbone or spine, especially of an animal.
• dichotomized — Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomize Having been divided into dichotomous parts.
• cubed — cut into cubes
• hackling — Present participle of hackle.
• 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.
• branching — the occurrence of several decay paths (branches) in the disintegration of a particular nuclide or the de-excitation of an excited atom. The branching fraction (nuclear) or branching ratio (atomic) is the proportion of the disintegrating nuclei that follow a particular branch to the total number of disintegrating nuclides
• clip — A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic, that is specially shaped for holding things together.
• blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
• cubing — a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
• hacked — to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
• lop — to let hang or droop: He lopped his arms at his sides in utter exhaustion.
• chop — If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe.
• mark down — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
• whacking — large.
• mow down — to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
• divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
• break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
• creamed — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
• hashed — Simple past tense and past participle of hash.
• crack off — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
• dichotomize — to divide or become divided into two parts or classifications
• chip — Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal.
• cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
• hashing — hash coding
• hacking — a rack for drying food, as fish.
• dicing — gambling or playing with dice.
• faceted — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
• mow — Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. to store (hay) in a barn.
• flitch — the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured: a flitch of bacon.
• abscind — to cut off
• lay open — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• 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.
• faceting — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
• whacked — exhausted; tired out.
• crop — Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food.
• chine — the backbone
• 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.
• creaming — the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.