Definitions
become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
Word origin
From Middle English sheren, scheren, from Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Used in a sentence
“shear the llamas”
“shear the afro off someone's head”
“the golden tresses […] were shorn away”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Cut wool from”5 letters
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