shear

1. A pair of scissors. Often used in the plural.

2. An apparatus used to lift heavy weights, consisting of two or more spars joined at the top and spread at the base, the tackle being suspended from the top.

3. Any of various implements or machines that cut with a scissorlike action. Often used in the plural.

4. Physics A shearing strain.

5. Physics An applied force or system of forces that tends to produce a shearing strain. Also called shearing stress, shear stress.

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1. To cut off the hair from.

2. To cut or clip (as hair or wool) from someone or something.

3. To cut something from .

4. To reap with a sickle.

5. To cut or trim with or a similar instrument.

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1. Physics To become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain.

2. To move or proceed by or as if by cutting: shear through the wheat.

3. To use a cutting tool such as shears.

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1. To cut with or as if with shears: shearing a hedge.

2. To divest or deprive as if by cutting: The prisoners were shorn of their dignity.

3. To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping.

4. To remove the hair or fleece from.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
rheas	8	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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ae	2
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er	2
eh	5
ar	2
as	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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res	3
ras	3
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ser	3
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hae	6
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are	3
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ear	3
ars	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
sear	4
sera	4
shea	7
hare	7
rhea	7
resh	7
rash	7
rase	4
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haes	7
eras	4
ears	4
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
rheas	8
hears	8
hares	8
share	8
shear	8