shear

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ʃɪə/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ʃɪjə/
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• New-Zealand: /ʃiə/
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• General-American: [ʃɪɚ] ~ [ʃɪɹ̩]
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• Scotland: /ʃiɾ/
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• Scotland: [ʃiːɾ]
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• rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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• homophone: sheer
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• homophone: share (cheer–chair merger)
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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”). Cognate with West Frisian skarre, Low German, Dutch, and German scheren, Danish skære, Norwegian Bokmål skjære, Norwegian Nynorsk skjera, Swedish skära, Faroese and Icelandic skera, Finnish keritä; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”), Latin caro (“flesh”), Albanian shqerr (“to tear, cut”), harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian ski̇̀rti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”). See also sharp.

From Middle English schyre (“pure, bright, fair”). Also a German surname, variant of Schier, itself a variant of Scheuer or from a cognate of the Middle English word.

184 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: ножица за стригане (nožica za strigane) — a cutting tool similar to scissors
• Finnish: keritsimet — a cutting tool similar to scissors
• French: cisailles — a cutting tool similar to scissors
• French: cisaille — a cutting tool similar to scissors
• French: tondeuse — a cutting tool similar to scissors
• Galician: cisalla — a cutting tool similar to scissors
• Italian: cesoia — a cutting tool similar to scissors
• Latvian: dzirkles — a cutting tool similar to scissors
• Māori: kutikuti — a cutting tool similar to scissors
• Norwegian: bøylesaks — a cutting tool similar to scissors
• Portuguese: tosquiadeira — a cutting tool similar to scissors
• Russian: ножницы (nožnicy) — a cutting tool similar to scissors
• Spanish: cizalla — a cutting tool similar to scissors
• Bulgarian: стригане (strigane) — the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
• Finnish: leikkaus — the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
• Finnish: leike — the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
• Finnish: leikkuu — the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
• French: tonte — the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
• French: tondaison — the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
• Galician: rapa — the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
• Hebrew: גֵּז (gez) — the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
• Norwegian: klipp — the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
• Polish: ścinanie — the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
• Portuguese: poda — the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
• Russian: стрижка (strižka) — the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
• Spanish: cizallado — the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
• Bulgarian: сила на срязване (sila na srjazvane) — a force that produces a shearing strain
• Dutch: afschuifkracht — a force that produces a shearing strain
• Finnish: leikkausvoima — a force that produces a shearing strain
• French: cisaillement — a force that produces a shearing strain
• German: Scherkraft — a force that produces a shearing strain
• Latvian: bīde — a force that produces a shearing strain
• Norwegian: klipp — a force that produces a shearing strain
• Spanish: cizalladura — a force that produces a shearing strain
• Swedish: skjuvning — a force that produces a shearing strain
• Finnish: vinoutus — a shear transformation
• Afrikaans: skeer — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Albanian: qeth — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Southern Altai: кыркы- (kïrkï-) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Arabic: جَزَّ (jazza) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Arabic: قَصَّ (qaṣṣa) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Armenian: խուզել (xuzel) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Aromanian: tundu — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Belarusian: стры́гчы (strýhčy) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Bulgarian: стри́жа (stríža) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Catalan: tondre — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Chinese Mandarin: 剪斷 /剪断 (jiǎnduàn) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Czech: stříhat — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Dutch: scheren — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Finnish: keritä — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• French: tondre — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Friulian: tosâ — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Galician: tosquiar — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Galician: esquiloar — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Galician: arrocar — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Galician: chamorrar — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Galician: rapar — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Georgian: კრეჭვა (ḳreč̣va) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Georgian: კრეჭა (ḳreč̣a) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Georgian: გაკრეჭვა (gaḳreč̣va) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• German: scheren — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Greek: κουρεύω (kourévo) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Ancient Greek: κείρω (keírō) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Hungarian: megnyír — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Hungarian: lenyír — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Icelandic: rýja — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Ingrian: keritä — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Irish: lom — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Italian: tosare — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Japanese: 刈る (karu) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Korean: 자르다 (jareuda) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Latin: tondeō — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Latvian: cirpt — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Macedonian: стриже (striže) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Māori: kutikuti — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Norwegian: klippe — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Occitan: tónder — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Occitan: tondre — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Persian: کوتاه کردن (kutâh kardan) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Polish: strzyc — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Portuguese: tosar — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Portuguese: tosquiar — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Romanian: tunde — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Russian: стричь (stričʹ) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Russian: подстрига́ть (podstrigátʹ) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Salar: zenle — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Serbo-Croatian: стригати — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Serbo-Croatian: стрићи — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Serbo-Croatian: strigati — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Serbo-Croatian: strići — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Sicilian: tùnniri — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Slovak: strihať — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Slovene: striči — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Spanish: esquilar — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Spanish: tonsurar — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Spanish: tundir — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Tocharian A: wärk- — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Tocharian B: wārk- — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Turkish: kırkmak — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Ottoman Turkish: قرقمق (kırkmak) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Ukrainian: стри́гти (strýhty) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Venetan: toxar — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Venetan: tondir — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Venetan: tondar — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Vietnamese: cắt — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Welsh: cneifio — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Yiddish: שערן (shern) — to remove the fleece from a sheep
• Albanian: qeth — to cut the hair of a person
• Czech: stříhat, ostříhat — to cut the hair of a person
• Dutch: scheren — to cut the hair of a person
• Dutch: knippen — to cut the hair of a person
• German: rasieren — to cut the hair of a person
• German: abschneiden — to cut the hair of a person
• Icelandic: raka — to cut the hair of a person
• Icelandic: klippa — to cut the hair of a person
• Ingrian: keritä — to cut the hair of a person
• Irish: bearr — to cut the hair of a person
• Salar: yiligüsi — to cut the hair of a person
• Turkish: tıraş etmek — to cut the hair of a person
• Turkish: saçını kesmek — to cut the hair of a person
• Turkish: yülümek — to cut the hair of a person
• Albanian: pres — to cut
• Bulgarian: режа (reža) — to cut
• Bulgarian: срязвам (srjazvam) — to cut
• Catalan: esquilar — to cut
• Catalan: tondosar — to cut
• Chinese Mandarin: 切 (qiē) — to cut
• Czech: stříhat — to cut
• Czech: ostříhat — to cut
• Czech: ustřihnout — to cut
• Danish: skære — to cut
• Danish: klippe — to cut
• Dutch: afsnijden — to cut
• Dutch: knippen — to cut
• Finnish: viiltää — to cut
• French: couper — to cut
• Galician: tosquiar — to cut
• Georgian: ჭრა (č̣ra) — to cut
• Georgian: გაჭრა (gač̣ra) — to cut
• German: abschneiden — to cut
• German: schneiden — to cut
• Hungarian: vág — to cut
• Hungarian: levág — to cut
• Hungarian: nyír — to cut
• Icelandic: skera — to cut
• Icelandic: klippa — to cut
• Ido: cizagar — to cut
• Indonesian: memotong — to cut
• Italian: tagliare — to cut
• Japanese: 切る (kiru) — to cut
• Korean: 썰다 (sseolda) — to cut
• Latin: tondeō — to cut
• Māori: kutikuti — to cut
• Norwegian: klippe — to cut
• Polish: ciąć — to cut
• Polish: ścinać — to cut
• Portuguese: cortar — to cut
• Portuguese: tosquiar — to cut
• Quechua: rutuy — to cut
• Romanian: tunde — to cut
• Russian: ре́зать (rézatʹ) — to cut
• Russian: стричь (stričʹ) — to cut
• Russian: подстрига́ть (podstrigátʹ) — to cut
• Serbo-Croatian: исећи — to cut
• Serbo-Croatian: iseći — to cut
• Spanish: cizallar — to cut
• Spanish: cortar — to cut
• Ottoman Turkish: قرقمق (kırkmak) — to cut
• Yiddish: שערן (shern) — to cut
• Dutch: afschuiven — to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces
• Finnish: leikata — to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces
• Finnish: leikkautua — to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces
• French: cisailler — to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces
• Galician: cisallar — to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces
• Japanese: 剪断する (sendan suru) — to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces
• Norwegian: klippe — to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces
• Polish: ścinać — to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces
• Portuguese: cisalhar — to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces
• Serbo-Croatian: извити — to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces
• Serbo-Croatian: izviti — to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces
• Spanish: cizallar — to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces
• Spanish: distorsionar — to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces
• Swedish: skjuva — to deform in a fixed direction due to mechanical forces
• Finnish: vinouttaa — to apply a shear transformation