| Definition of 'shears' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) shears
large scissors with strong blades
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| Definition of 'shears' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) shears
a cutting instrument
2. (noun) shears
an instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances
3. (noun) shears
a similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins
4. (noun) shears
a shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge
5. (noun) shears
anything in the form of shears
6. (noun) shears
a pair of wings
7. (noun) shears
an apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle
8. (noun) shears
the bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe
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Sense: a cutting-tool with two blades, like a large pair of scissors
a pair of shears.
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 Afrikaans: skeerskêr |
 Arabic: مِقَص للجَز |
 Bulgarian: ножици |
 Brazilian: tesourão |
 Czech: strojní nůžky |
 German: große Schere |
 Danish: saks |
 Greek: ψαλίδα |
 Spanish: tijeras de esquilar, ciza |
 Estonian: käärid |
 Farsi: ماشين ترق |
 Finnish: keritsimet |
 French: cisailles |
 Hebrew: מִספָּרַיִים |
 Hindi: कैंची |
 Croatian: škare |
 Hungarian: nyesőolló |
 Indonesian: gunting |
 Icelandic: klippur |
 Italian: cesoie |
 Japanese: 大ばさみ |
 Korean: 가위 |
 Lithuanian: žirklės |
 Latvian: dzirkles |
 Malay: kekacip |
 Dutch: grote schaar |
 Norwegian: (blikk)saks |
 Polish: nożyce |
 Persian: ماشين ترق |
 Pashto: خورخول، بياتى، غيچي، كينچ |
 Portuguese: tesourão |
 Romanian: foarfece |
 Russian: большие ножницы |
 Slovak: nožnice |
 Slovenian: škarje |
 Serbian: makaze za strižu ovaca |
 Swedish: [ull]sax, [trädgårds]sax |
 Thai: กรรไกร |
 Turkish: kırkma makası |
 Taiwanese: 大型裁剪工具 |
 Ukrainian: ножиці |
 Urdu: درانتی یا باغبانی کی قینچ |
 Vietnamese: dụng cụ để xén |
 Chinese: 剪床 |
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