Usually means: Force causing layers to slide.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. shear: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. shear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shear: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. shear: Collins English Dictionary
  5. shear: Vocabulary.com
  6. Shear, shear: Wordnik
  7. shear: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Shear, shear: Wiktionary
  9. shear: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. shear: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. shear: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. shear: Dictionary.com
  13. shear (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. shear: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Shear (comics), Shear (fluid), Shear (geology), Shear (mathematics), Shear (sheet metal), Shear (surname), Shear: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Shear: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. shear: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. shear: Rhymezone
  19. Shear: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. shear: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. shear: Free Dictionary
  22. shear: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. shear: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. shear: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shear (mathematics), shear: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. shear: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. SHEAR: Acronym Finder

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Shear: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. Shear: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  4. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  5. Shear: Extragalactic Astronomy
  6. Weather Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. shear: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Shear: Urban Dictionary

Tech (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. Metal Terminology (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Composite Terms (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Fastener Terms (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  6. K & A glossary (No longer online)
  7. Shear: Fiberglass Glossary
  8. Bridge Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. SHEAR: Industry Terms for Fiberglass
  10. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  11. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  12. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive, transitive) To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
verb:  To cut the hair of (a person).
verb:  To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
verb:  (physics) To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
verb:  (aviation, meteorology, intransitive, of wind) To change in direction or speed.
verb:  (mathematics) To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
verb:  (mining, intransitive) To make a vertical cut in coal.
verb:  (Scotland) To reap, as grain.
verb:  (figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece.
noun:  A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
noun:  (metalworking) A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.
noun:  The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
noun:  (physics) Forces that push in opposite directions.
noun:  (aviation, meteorology, uncountable) The phenomenon of wind shear.
noun:  (aviation, meteorology, countable) A specific instance of wind shear.
noun:  (mathematics) 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.
noun:  (geology) The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
noun:  A surname.
adjective:  Misspelling of sheer. [(textiles) Very thin or transparent.]

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