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Shear

🔄 Synonyms of "Shear"

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Word	Definition
fleecenoun	(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Shear"

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Word	Definition
fleecenoun	(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
mowverb	(transitive) To cut down grass or crops.
cuttingnoun	(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
clipnoun	To grip tightly.
unstowverb	(transitive) To unload (stowed cargo) from a ship, etc.
climatenoun	The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).
shut-offnoun	Alternative spelling of shutoff, often used attributively. [A valve used to turn something off.]
untieverb	(transitive) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
displacementnoun	The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
cutoffnoun	The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
unchainverb	(figuratively, transitive) To free; to liberate.
tangential	Only indirectly related.
tangentnoun	(mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
securitynoun	(uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
undrained	Not drained.
trimnoun	(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
shaveverb	(transitive) To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
lopnoun	(transitive, usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
snipnoun	To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
cutverb	(chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.