shear

shear
transitive verb,
p.p. shorn or sheared (clip) scheren
Phrasal Verbs:
- academic.ru/91481/shear_off">shear off
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[ʃiə]
past tense - sheared; verb
1) (to clip or cut wool from (a sheep).) scheren
2) ((past tense shorn: often with off) to cut (hair) off: All her curls have been shorn off.) schneiden
3) ((past tense shorn: especially with of) to cut hair from (someone): He has been shorn (of all his curls).) schneiden
4) (to cut or (cause to) break: A piece of the steel girder sheared off.) brechen,splittern
- shears
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shear
<-ed, -ed or shorn>
[ʃɪəʳ, AM ʃɪr]
I. vt
1. (remove fleece)
to \shear a sheep ein Schaf scheren
2. (hum fam: cut hair short)
to \shear sb jds Haare kurz scheren
he's been shorn er ist die Treppe hinuntergefallen hum
II. vi TECH abbrechen
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[ʃɪə(r)] pret sheared, ptp shorn
1. vt
sheep scheren; wool (ab)scheren → shorn
See:
shorn
2. vi
1)

the knife shears through the metal —

the bird sheared through the air — der Vogel segelte durch die Luft

the motorboat sheared through the water — das Motorboot durchpflügte das Wasser

2) (MECH

= fracture) the metal plate had sheared — in der Metallplatte hatte sich ein Riss gebildet

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shear [ʃıə(r)]
A v/t prät sheared, obs shore [ʃɔː(r)], pperf sheared, shorn
1. Schafe etc scheren
2. auch shear off (ab)scheren, abschneiden
3. Blech, Glas etc schneiden
4. fig jemanden berauben (of gen): shorn
5. fig jemanden schröpfen
6. poet (ab)hauen
B v/i
1. (mit einer Sichel) schneiden oder mähen
2. poet (mit dem Schwert etc) schneiden oder hauen (through durch)
C s
1. a) pl, auch pair of shears große Schere
b) Scherenblatt n
2. TECH Blechschere f
3. meist pl (Hobel[bank]-, Drehbank)Bett n
4. pl (auch als sg konstruiert) shear legs
5. PHYS a) shearing force, b) shearing stress
6. shearing 1
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transitive verb,
p.p. shorn or sheared (clip) scheren
Phrasal Verbs:
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n.
Schere -n f. v.
(§ p.,p.p.: sheared)
or p.p.: shorn•) = abschneiden v.
scheren v.

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