shear (Verb) — Cut to the desired shape or thickness using shears. ex. "shear hedges"
shear (Verb) — Shave the wool from. ex. "shear sheep"
shear (Verb) — Cut or cut through with shears. ex. "shear the wool off the lamb"
shear (Verb) — (physics) become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain.
shear (Noun) — (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves. ex. "the shear changed the rectangle into a parallelogram"
shear (Noun) — A large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it.