name
Meaning 1
plural of Shear
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shears
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /ʃɪɹz/
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rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)z
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homophone: sheers
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CMU ARPABET: SH IY1 R Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
plural of shear
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: scissors
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scissors
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- the shears of a lathe or planer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. Also sheers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Anything resembling a pair of shears in shape or motion, such as a pair of wings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
third-person singular simple present indicative of shear
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
large scissors with strong blades
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scissors, pair of scissors
Narrower terms: clipper, pruning shears, snips, tinsnips, thinning shears
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: лозарска ножица (lozarska nožica) — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Bulgarian: ножица за стригане на овце (nožica za strigane na ovce) — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Catalan: tisores — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Catalan: cisalla — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Chinese Mandarin: 剪刀 (jiǎndāo) — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Finnish: sakset — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Finnish: keritsimet — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- French: cisailles — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Friulian: fuarpis — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Galician: tallante — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- German: Schere — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Greek: ψαλίδα (psalída) — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Ancient Greek: ψαλίς (psalís) — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Ancient Greek: κουρίς (kourís) — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Hebrew: מַזְמֵרָה (mazmerá) — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Icelandic: klippur — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Ido: cizego — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Irish: deimheas — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Italian: cesoie — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Italian: forbice — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Italian: cesoia — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Italian: forbici — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Japanese: 鋏 (hasami) — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Latin: forfex — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Latvian: dzirkles — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Māori: kutikuti — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Persian: دوکارد (dokârd) — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Plautdietsch: Schea — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Polish: nożyce — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Portuguese: tesoura de tosquiar — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Romanian: foarfece — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Russian: но́жницы (nóžnicy) — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Spanish: cizalla — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Spanish: cizallas — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Swedish: sax — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Talysh: قیچی (ğayci) — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Tarifit: timešraḍ — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Ottoman Turkish: مقص (makas) — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Ottoman Turkish: صندی (sındı) — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
- Venetan: sixore — tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges
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