Shear (sheet metal)
WordNet

noun


(1)   A large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
(2)   (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
"The shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram"

verb


(3)   Cut with shears
"Shear hedges"
(4)   Cut or cut through with shears
(5)   Shear the wool from
"Shear sheep"
 
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