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1. shear (Verb)

19 synonyms
# Word Frequency Likes Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. barber 6.46 6 letters 10 synonyms
2. bob 42.7 3 letters 64 synonyms
3. clip 18.2 4 letters 87 synonyms
4. crop 14.1 4 letters 77 synonyms
5. cut 174 3 letters 310 synonyms
6. cut short 95.9 8 letters 20 synonyms
7. dock 9.77 4 letters 45 synonyms
8. fleece 2.29 6 letters 52 synonyms
9. lop 0.5 3 letters 20 synonyms
10. nip 2.09 3 letters 107 synonyms
11. pare 0.62 4 letters 32 synonyms
12. prune 0.91 5 letters 27 synonyms
13. shave 6.76 5 letters 42 synonyms
14. shorten 2.4 7 letters 42 synonyms
15. slice 10 5 letters 48 synonyms
16. snip 0.69 4 letters 40 synonyms
17. strip 22.9 5 letters 133 synonyms
18. trim 7.76 4 letters 157 synonyms
19. use a razor 5.2 9 letters 5 synonyms
4 definitions
shear (Verb) —   Cut to the desired shape or thickness using shears 1 example
1. ex. "shear hedges"
shear (Verb) —   Shave the wool from 1 example
1. ex. "shear sheep"
shear (Verb) —   Cut or cut through with shears 1 example
1. ex. "shear the wool off the lamb"
shear (Verb) —   (physics) become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
11 types of
# Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. change 6 letters 177 synonyms
2. clip 4 letters 87 synonyms
3. crop 4 letters 77 synonyms
4. cut 3 letters 310 synonyms
5. cut back 7 letters 22 synonyms
6. dress 5 letters 104 synonyms
7. lop 3 letters 20 synonyms
8. prune 5 letters 27 synonyms
9. shave 5 letters 42 synonyms
10. snip 4 letters 40 synonyms
11. trim 4 letters 157 synonyms

2. shear (Noun)

2 definitions
shear (Noun) —   (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves 1 example
1. ex. "the shear changed the rectangle into a parallelogram"
shear (Noun) —   A large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
2 types of
# Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. deformation 11 letters 2 synonyms
2. edge tool 8 letters 0 synonyms
9 misspelling
hear shaer shea sheaar shearr sheear shhear sshear zhear
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barber, bob, clip, crop, cut, en.synonym.one, cut short, dock, fleece, lop, nip, pare, prune, shave, shorten, slice, snip, strip, trim, use a razor.
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