Shear synonyms

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sever
To cut free.
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crop
To harvest:
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fleece
To shear the fleece from.
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cut (related)
(Slang) To write.
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lop
To trim (a tree, etc.) by cutting off branches, twigs, or stems
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prune
To cut away or remove unnecessary parts
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remove
To be removable:
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slash
To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color:
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cleave
To split or be capable or splitting, especially along a natural line of division:
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snip
To cut, clip, or separate (something) with short, quick strokes.
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strip
To remove clothing or covering from:
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trim
To cut (something) down to the required size or shape
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chop
To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
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cut back
(Intransitive with on) To reduce spending.
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cut down
To bring down by cutting.
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lower
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
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pare
To pare is defined as to peel, reduce or remove by trimming off the outside.
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truncate
To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.
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increase (related)
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
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shear force stress strain (related)
A force, movement or pressure applied to an object perpendicular to a given axis, with greater value on one side of the axis than the other.
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skew (related)
An oblique or slanting movement, position, or direction.
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shave
To cut or scrape into thin sections or slices
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clip
To fasten with a clip or clips
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compressive (related)
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tensile (related)
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flexural (related)
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uniaxial (related)
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through-thickness (related)
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in-plane (related)
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deformation (related)
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biaxial (related)
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adherend (related)
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roughness (related)
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debonding (related)
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out-of-plane (related)
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interlaminar (related)
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elastic (related)
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transverse (related)
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  • The look of shear fury on his face replaced her anger with fear.

  • The distribution of shear is given by the partially shaded rectangles.

  • The shear lust in them left her wishing he had looked elsewhere.

  • The shaded rectangles represent the distribution of shear due to the load at C, while no may be termed the datum line of shear.

  • The same necessity for computing shear and flexure applies to the floor beams. The floors between the girders are constructed of " I" beams, spaced generally about 5 ft.

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