sheaf
— Noun
– English
~ a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
shear
— Noun
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~ a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
shear
— Noun
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~ (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"
shear
— Verb
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~ cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb"
shear
— Verb
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~ shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
shear
— Verb
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~ become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
shear
— Verb
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~ cut with shears; "shear hedges"
sheared
— Adjective
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~ (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length; "a coat of sheared lamb"
sheared
— Adjective
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~ having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers; "picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor"; "naked as a sheared sheep"
shearer
— Noun
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~ a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
shearer
— Noun
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~ a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
Shearer
— Noun
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~ Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)
shearing
— Noun
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~ removing by cutting off or clipping
shears
— Noun
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~ large scissors with strong blades
shearwater
— Noun
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~ long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves
sheatfish
— Noun
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~ large elongated catfish of central and eastern Europe
sheath pile
— Noun
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~ a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage
sheath knife
— Noun
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~ a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath