shear off — [phrasal verb] 1 : to become separated suddenly because of great force The excess weight caused the bolt to shear off. 2 shear (something) off or shear off (something) : to remove (something) with great force The impact of the crash sheared off… … Useful english dictionary
shear off — PHR V ERG If something such as a piece of metal shears off, or if it is sheared off, it breaks. [V P] It was not yet clear how the rudder had sheared off... [be V ed P] The aircraft s wings were sheared off in the crash … English dictionary
shear — [ʃıə US ʃır] v past tense sheared past participle sheared or shorn [ʃo:n US ʃo:rn] [T] [: Old English; Origin: scieran] 1.) to cut the wool off a sheep 2.) literary to cut off someone s hair ▪ Her long fair hair had been shorn … Dictionary of contemporary English
shear — I. verb (sheared; sheared or shorn; shearing) Etymology: Middle English sheren, from Old English scieran; akin to Old Norse skera to cut, Latin curtus mutilated, curtailed, Greek keirein to cut, shear, Sanskrit kṛnāti he injures Date: before 12th … New Collegiate Dictionary
shear — UK [ʃɪə(r)] / US [ʃɪr] verb Word forms shear : present tense I/you/we/they shear he/she/it shears present participle shearing past tense sheared past participle sheared or shorn UK [ʃɔː(r)n] / US [ʃɔrn] 1) [transitive] to cut the wool from a… … English dictionary
shear — [[t]ʃɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] shears, shearing, sheared, shorn 1) VERB To shear a sheep means to cut its wool off. [V n] In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than anywhere else. Derived words: shearing N UNCOUNT ...a display of sheep shearing. 2) … English dictionary
shear — verb past tense sheared past participle sheared or shorn /SO:n/ 1 (T) to cut the wool off a sheep 2 be shorn of to have something valuable or important taken away from you: Shorn of all real power by the new laws, the deputy soon resigned. 3 also … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
shear — vb Shear, poll, clip, trim, prune, lop, snip, crop are comparable when they mean to cut off something (as a piece, an excrescence, or a limb). Shear is the most general word of this group; it usually implies the use of a sharp cutting instrument… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Shear and moment diagram — Shear and bending moment diagrams are analytical tools used in conjunction with structural analysis to help perform structural design by determining the value of shear force and bending moment at a given point of an element. Using these diagrams… … Wikipedia
Shear and moment diagrams — Shear and bending moment diagrams are analytical tools used in conjunction with structural analysis to help perform structural design by determining the value of shear force and bending moment at a given point of an element. Using these diagrams… … Wikipedia
Shear strength (soil) — Shear strength in reference to soil is a term used to describe the maximum strength of soil at which point significant plastic deformation or yielding occurs due to an applied shear stress. There is no definitive shear strength of a soil as it… … Wikipedia
