Meaning

noun (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves

noun a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it

verb cut with shears

originFrom Middle English sheren, scheren, from Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with West Frisian skarre, Low German, Dutch, and German scheren, Danish skære, Norwegian Bokmål skjære, Norwegian Nynorsk skjera, Swedish skära, Faroese and Icelandic skera, Finnish keritä; and…

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