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The verb shear means to cut or clip. As a noun, shear refers to the act, process, or fact of cutting or clipping.
The adjective sheer means fine, transparent, or complete. As an adverb, sheer means completely or altogether.
Examples:- Few people these days know the proper way to shear a sheep.
- Jerry wore a sheer linen shirt with frilly lace cuffs.
- "English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education--sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street." (E.B. White)
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What is a homophone for shear?
Sheer is a homophone of shear.
What is the homophone of sheer?
Shear is the homophone for sheer. An example sentence for shear: One of his duties on the farm was to shear the sheep.
How do you use the word sheer and shear in one sentence?
Shear: I am going to SHEAR the lamb for its wool. Sheer: The politician's sheer arrogance irks me. Those sheer curtains are too expensive.
What is a sentence for Sheer and shear?
My mom made a Sheer dress
What is negative shear and Positive shear?
The difference between a positive shear and a negative shear is the direction the image is distorted into
Is using the word 'shear' as an adjective correct as in a shear delight?
No. The correct word is "sheer."
What other ways can you spell sheer?
the right way to spell sheer is shear.The word sheer is wrong.The corret way to spell it is shear.
When do you use the word sheer?
It depends on which form you are thinking of. There are many ways to use the word "sheer". "Sheer" can mean: Transparent/translucent/thin- sheer fabric. Pure/raw- sheer rock. Vertically steep- sheer cliffs (also sheer drop) Complete/absolute- sheer nonsense. (Warning! Do NOT confuse "sheer" with "shear")
What is negative shear and Positive shear in beams?
The difference between a positive shear and a negative shear is the direction the beam is distorted into. A force that tends to shear the left portion of the beam upward with respect to the right portion is said to produce a positive shearing force.
What is sheer as a force?
Shear, as in scissors or other shears, is the force that literally tries to shear something. How much force will a material take when shear force is applied? The answer to that question is quite important in some engineering applications.
How do you spell shear?
Here are some possibilities : SHARK - a large, usually carnivorous fish SHIRK - to fail to perform duties
Is shear an adjective?
No, it is not. Shear can be a verb (to cut, remove wool, or to apply force at an angle) or a noun (cutting tool, shearing force). It can, however, be a noun adjunct in terms such as shear strain. *Not to be confused with the homophone "sheer" - adjective meaning transparent.
