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

Hydrofracturing methods introduce cold fluids into the subsurface through porous rock, which creates high pressures that break the rock in tension or shear. From Science Daily

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SHEAR meaning: 1. to cut the wool off a sheep: 2. to cut the hair on a person's head close to the skin…. Learn more.

Shear pin, in machinery, such as a plough, designed to shear (break) when a certain force is exceeded, to protect other components of the machine.

To shear a sheep means to cut its wool off. In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than anywhere else. [VERB noun]

Though shear and sheer sound the same, their meanings diverge significantly. Shear refers to cutting or force-induced displacement within materials, whereas sheer signifies extremity or …