shear — to cut wool or hair from sheep or other animals with shears
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to cut wool or hair from sheep or other animals with shears
Pronunciation (IPA): /ʃɪr/
Example Sentences
- The barber promised to shear my hair like a professional sheep shearer.
- The airplane encountered dangerous wind shear during landing.
- My attempt to shear the poodle resulted in a very embarrassed dog.
shear
VERB[/ʃɪr/]
to cut wool or hair from sheep or other animals with shears
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
From Old English 'sceran' meaning 'to cut or divide', related to Proto-Germanic '*skeran-'. The word is connected to shears (the cutting tool) and shares roots with German 'scheren' and Dutch 'scheren'.
Breakdown
shear (single morpheme) - from Old English sceran (to cut) with no productive internal morpheme breakdown in modern English, though historically related to the Proto-Germanic root *sker- meaning 'to cut or separate'
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“The barber promised to shear my hair like a professional sheep shearer.”
“The airplane encountered dangerous wind shear during landing.”
“My attempt to shear the poodle resulted in a very embarrassed dog.”
“Engineers calculated the shear strength of the bridge before construction.”
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