shear

a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it

(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves

the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram

become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain

cut with shears

shear hedges

cut or cut through with shears

shear the wool off the lamb

shear the wool from

shear sheep