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.
Used in a Sentence
shears
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for shears.
Editorial note
The alternative with the concrete tube in the ground is that the tube shears into two parts which are no longer connected.
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Quick take
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.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of shears gathered in one view.
Anything resembling a pair of shears in shape or motion, such as a pair of wings.
(engineering) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for shears.
noun
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.
noun
Anything resembling a pair of shears in shape or motion, such as a pair of wings.
noun
(engineering) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured.
noun
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.
Example sentences
The alternative with the concrete tube in the ground is that the tube shears into two parts which are no longer connected.
Once the shear amounts are calculated, the rest is just integer pixel shears.
The reason the triple-sheared images look crappy is because the three shears themselves are subject to pixel aliasing.
Wouldn't the 3 shears method take a preposterous¹ amount of memory if you rotate by something like 180 degrees?
Maybe your grandmother knitted the woollen jersey you're wearing -- made from wool shorn using electric shears.
Luddites were rediculed, but they were really skilled craftsmen who spent years mastering the art of using those giant 18-pound shears.
Mastering those 18-pound shears wasn't just a job but an identity, a social status, and a decade-long investment in specialized skills.
I use kitchen shears (kitchen name for scissors, only used for food stuff and washed like knives) frequently.
I use a pair of OXO kitchen shears and it goes through the clam shells very easily.
Don't know, but I've seen The Club circumvented by cutting the steering wheel with what looked like gardening shears.
As opposed to the one that has no clip to hold it in, and shears off the whole connector when you trip over it.
The phone stays in the house, or on a patio table, not in my pocket where pruning shears or dirt will get to it.
Quote examples
Geometrically, what occurs is that a defective matrix "shears" the space.
"Ask the butcher to take out the backbone if you’re nervous about doing that yourself." No it's not hard; it would take me a minute or two with my poultry shears.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use shears in a sentence?
The alternative with the concrete tube in the ground is that the tube shears into two parts which are no longer connected.
What does shears mean?
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.
What part of speech is shears?
shears is commonly used as noun.