shears

shears
noun
large scissors with strong blades
• Derivationally related forms: ↑shear
• Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form
• Hypernyms: ↑scissors, ↑pair of scissors
• Hyponyms: ↑clipper, ↑pruning shears, ↑snips, ↑tinsnips, ↑thinning shears

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plural of shear
present third singular of shear

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shears /shērz/ (engineering)
plural noun
Same as ways (see under ↑way1)
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shears plural noun
1. Orig scissors (also Scot)
2. Now a larger pair of clippers, or any scissorlike cutting instrument, with a pivot or spring
3. A hoisting apparatus (see ↑sheers under ↑sheer2)
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Main Entry: ↑shear
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sheers or shears plural noun
An apparatus for hoisting heavy weights, having legs or spars spread apart at their lower ends, and hoisting tackle at their joined tops
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Main Entry: ↑sheer

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shears UK [ʃɪə(r)z] US [ʃɪrz] noun [plural] [singular shears plural shears]
a tool like a very large pair of scissors that is used for cutting grass or bushes
Thesaurus: gardening and farming tools and machineshyponym

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shears «shihrz», noun (plural).
1. large scissors: »

barber's shears.

2. any cutting instrument resembling scissors: »

grass shears, tin shears.

3. an apparatus for hoisting heavy weights, consisting of two or more poles fastened together at the top to support a block and tackle.
╂[Old English scēara, plural of scēar. Compare etym. under share2. (Cf. ↑share)]

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[shi(ə)rz]
(also a pair of shears) plural n. a cutting instrument in which two blades move past each other, like scissors but typically larger

garden shears

Origin:
Old English scēara (plural) ‘scissors, cutting instrument’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaar and German Schere, also to shear

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/ˈʃiɚz/ noun [plural]
: a large, heavy pair of scissors — see also ↑pinking shears

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shears [ʃɪəz] [ʃɪrz] noun plural
a garden tool like a very large pair of scissors, used for cutting bushes and ↑hedges

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a pair of garden shears

see also ↑pinking shears
 
Word Origin:
[shears] Old English scēara (plural) ‘scissors, cutting instrument’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaar and German Schere, also to ↑shear.

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shears
see shear n.1

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