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"