shears en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ʃɪɹz/ (US)
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of shear
form of shear
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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.
Near-synonym: scissors
Cut with a shears using long, even strokes.
1974, Phyllis W. Schwebke, Margaret B. Krohn, How to Sew Leather, Suede, Fur, page 20:
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The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured.
the shears of a lathe or planer
- 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.
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Anything resembling a pair of shears in shape or motion, such as a pair of wings.
two sharp winged Shears, Decked with divers Plumes, like painted Jays, Were fixed at his Back, to cut his airy ways.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Deriveds
garden shears · pair of shears · trauma shears · purchase shears · texturizing shears · guillotine shears · pinking shears · woolshears · lever shears · pruning shears · knight of the shears
Synonyms
Translations (40)
tly قیچی (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · bg лозарска ножица (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · ro foarfece (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · pdt Schea (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · ru но́жницы (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · ca cisalla (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · gl tallante (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · ota مقص (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · es cizalla (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · fur fuarpis (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · is klippur (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · fr cisailles (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · grc κουρίς (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · it forbice (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · bg ножица за стригане на овце (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · it forbici (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · mi kutikuti (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · fi sakset (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · grc ψαλίς (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · lv dzirkles (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · ja 鋏 (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · rif timešraḍ (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · fi keritsimet (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · fa دوکارد (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · el ψαλίδα (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · ca tisores (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · de Schere (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · ga deimheas (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · vec sixore (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · sv sax (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · pt tesoura de tosquiar (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · ota صندی (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · it cesoie (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · it cesoia (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · pl nożyce (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · la forfex (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · es cizallas (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · io cizego (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · cmn 剪刀 (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) · he מַזְמֵרָה (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)