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shear

/ʃɪə(r)/verb

उच्चारण शिअर

(भेड़ की) ऊन काटना, मूँड़ना

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verbsheared, sheared or shorn
  1. 1

    [T]

    to cut the wool off a sheep

    (भेड़ की) ऊन काटना, मूँड़ना

    • The farmers shear their sheep before the summer.

    Synonyms clip fleece crop

  2. 2

    [T] ~ sth (off) literary

    to cut off somebody's hair

    (बाल) काटना, मूँड़ना

    • Her long hair had been shorn off.

    Synonyms cut crop shave

  3. 3

    [I, T] ~ (sth) (off) technical

    to break under pressure, or to make something break in this way

    (दबाव से) टूट जाना, कतरना

    • The bolt sheared off and the wheel fell away.

    Synonyms break off snap

noun
  1. 1

    [U, C] technical

    the force that acts on an object when two parts of it are pushed in opposite directions along a surface

    अपरूपण (बल), कर्तन बल

    • wind shear
    • shear stress in a beam
◇Word family
shears nounshorn adjective
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

clip fleece crop cut shave break off snap

?Which word?

Do not confuse shear (to cut wool or hair) and sheer (complete, or very steep), which sound the same.

Shear (ऊन या बाल काटना) और sheer (पूरा, या एकदम खड़ी ढलान वाला) में confuse न करें, क्योंकि दोनों का उच्चारण एक जैसा है।

§Grammar and usage

Be shorn of something means to have something important taken away, for example 'a king shorn of his power'.

Be shorn of something का अर्थ है किसी महत्वपूर्ण चीज़ से वंचित कर दिया जाना, जैसे 'a king shorn of his power'।