Shear | Mean of shear in English Dictionary

/ˈʃiɚ/

• Verb
• to cut the hair, wool, etc., off (an animal)
1. The farmers sheared the sheep.
• to cut off (an animal's hair, wool, etc.)
1. The farmers sheared the wool from the sheep.
2. The farmers sheared off the wool from the sheep.
• to cut off a person's hair
1. His long locks were shorn.
2. the monk's shorn head

• to take something away from (someone)
1. a tyrant who has been shorn of power [=a tyrant whose power has been taken away]
• to become separated suddenly because of great force
1. The excess weight caused the bolt to shear off.
• to remove (something) with great force
1. The impact of the crash sheared off the airplane's wing.