Meaning of Shear | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
   countable, uncountable
2. A surname.
3. A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.
   countable, uncountable
4. The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
   countable, uncountable
5. Forces that push in opposite directions.
   countable, uncountable
6. The phenomenon of wind shear.
   uncountable
7. A specific instance of wind shear.
   countable
8. A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point's distance from the line.
   countable, uncountable
9. The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“short of their wool, and naked from the shear”

“After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; […] at the expiration of another year, he is a three-shear ram; the name always taking its date from the time of shearing.”

“The first effect of a wind shear was detected at 34 to 42 seconds into the takeoff, at a speed of about 115 KIAS with the airplane about 3,800 feet down the runway. An average shear rate of about 2.5 knots per second resulted in an interruption in acceleration at this point with the airspeed remaining at 115 to 120 KIAS for 7 to 10 seconds.”

“We hit a nasty shear on approach and had to go around.”

“Real people in a picture that was used by a catfish to create a fake identity could have a claim because their likeness was used without permission, Shear said.”

CEFR level