shear, v.
(sheared, shearing, shears)
freq. cnt. 3
(sheared, shearing, shears)
freq. cnt. 3
cut with shears
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
shear
sample sentences
"shear hedges"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
<verb.change>
shear
verb frames
Something ----s
cut or cut through with shears
<verb.contact>
shear
sample sentences
"shear the wool off the lamb"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
shear the wool from
<verb.contact>
fleece shear