The meaning of SHEAR is to cut off the hair from. How to use shear in a sentence.

1. To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping. 2. To remove the hair or fleece from. 3. To cut with or as if with shears: shearing a hedge. 4. To divest or deprive as if by cutting: The …

SHEARING definition: 1. the activity of cutting the wool off a sheep: 2. the process of cutting the hair on a person's…. Learn more.

1 day ago · shearing (countable and uncountable, plural shearings) The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

3 days ago · /ˈʃɪərɪŋ/ IPA guide Other forms: shearings Definitions of shearing noun removing by cutting off or clipping see more

Shearing refers primarily to the act of cutting off the wool, hair, or other fibers from an animal, especially sheep. It can also mean cutting or trimming something with scissors or a similar …

One careful handful at a time, he began cutting off his hair, shearing it off as close to his scalp as he could.

Definition of shear verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

His long locks were shorn. The excess weight caused the bolt to shear off. The impact of the crash sheared off the airplane's wing.

shear /ʃɪə/ vb (shears, shearing, sheared, Austral NZ shore, sheared, shorn) (transitive) to remove (the fleece or hair) of (sheep, etc) by cutting or clipping