shear
To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
Example
“shear the llamas”
Other meanings
To cut the hair of (a person).
“shear the afro off someone's head”
To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
Related words
- beshear
- hydroshear
- reshear
- shearability
- shearable
- toshear
- shear off
Word history
From Old English "sċieran" (to shear; to shave).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “shear” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.