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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ʃɪə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʃɪɹ/ [General-American], /ʃɛə/ (note: cheer–chair merger) Audio: en-us-sheer.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English sheren, scheren, from Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with West Frisian skarre, Low German scheren, Dutch scheren, German scheren, Danish skære, Norwegian Bokmål skjære, Norwegian Nynorsk skjera, Swedish skära, Finnish keritä; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Latin caro (“flesh”), Albanian shqerr (“to tear, cut”), harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”). See also sharp. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|id=cut}}, {{inh|en|enm|sheren}} Middle English sheren, {{inh|en|ang|sċieran||to shear; to shave}} Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skeran}} Proto-West Germanic *skeran, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skeraną}} Proto-Germanic *skeraną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|t=to cut}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), {{cog|fy|skarre}} West Frisian skarre, {{cog|nds|scheren}} Low German scheren, {{cog|nl|scheren}} Dutch scheren, {{cog|de|scheren}} German scheren, {{cog|da|skære}} Danish skære, {{cog|nb|skjære}} Norwegian Bokmål skjære, {{cog|nn|skjera}} Norwegian Nynorsk skjera, {{cog|sv|skära}} Swedish skära, {{cog|fi|keritä|id=shear}} Finnish keritä, {{qualifier|from Indo-European}} (from Indo-European) Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} shear
  1. Misspelling of sheer. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: sheer
    Sense id: en-shear-en-adj-6XkExkSu

Noun [English]

IPA: /ʃɪə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʃɪɹ/ [General-American], /ʃɛə/ (note: cheer–chair merger) Audio: en-us-sheer.ogg Forms: shears [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English sheren, scheren, from Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with West Frisian skarre, Low German scheren, Dutch scheren, German scheren, Danish skære, Norwegian Bokmål skjære, Norwegian Nynorsk skjera, Swedish skära, Finnish keritä; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Latin caro (“flesh”), Albanian shqerr (“to tear, cut”), harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”). See also sharp. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|id=cut}}, {{inh|en|enm|sheren}} Middle English sheren, {{inh|en|ang|sċieran||to shear; to shave}} Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skeran}} Proto-West Germanic *skeran, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skeraną}} Proto-Germanic *skeraną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|t=to cut}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), {{cog|fy|skarre}} West Frisian skarre, {{cog|nds|scheren}} Low German scheren, {{cog|nl|scheren}} Dutch scheren, {{cog|de|scheren}} German scheren, {{cog|da|skære}} Danish skære, {{cog|nb|skjære}} Norwegian Bokmål skjære, {{cog|nn|skjera}} Norwegian Nynorsk skjera, {{cog|sv|skära}} Swedish skära, {{cog|fi|keritä|id=shear}} Finnish keritä, {{qualifier|from Indo-European}} (from Indo-European) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shear (countable and uncountable, plural shears)
  1. A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: shears Translations (a cutting tool similar to scissors): ножица за стригане (nožica za strigane) [feminine] (Bulgarian), keritsimet [plural] (Finnish), cisailles [feminine, plural] (French), cisaille [feminine] (French), tondeuse [feminine] (French), cisalla [feminine] (Galician), cesoia [feminine] (Italian), kutikuti (Maori), bøylesaks [common-gender] (Norwegian), tosquiadeira [feminine] (Portuguese), ножницы (nožnicy) [plural] (Russian), cizalla [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shear-en-noun-sPUGYe5e Disambiguation of 'a cutting tool similar to scissors': 83 6 1 2 2 2 3 1
  2. (metalworking) A large machine use for cutting sheet metal. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Metalworking, Hair
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  3. The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing): стригане (strigane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), leikkaus (Finnish), leike (Finnish), leikkuu (Finnish), tonte [feminine] (French), tondaison [feminine] (French), rapa [feminine] (Galician), גֵּז (gez) [masculine] (Hebrew), klipp [masculine] (Norwegian), ścinanie [neuter] (Polish), poda (Portuguese), стрижка (strižka) [feminine] (Russian), cizallado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shear-en-noun-Lzoolkh9 Disambiguation of 'the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing': 1 1 88 2 2 2 2 1
  4. (physics) Forces that push in opposite directions. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (a force that produces a shearing strain): сила на срязване (sila na srjazvane) [feminine] (Bulgarian), afschuifkracht [masculine] (Dutch), leikkausvoima (Finnish), cisaillement [masculine] (French), Scherkraft [feminine] (German), klipp [neuter] (Norwegian), skjuvning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-shear-en-noun-44izWxeR Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'a force that produces a shearing strain': 9 11 21 26 8 8 9 9
  5. (aviation, meteorology, uncountable) The phenomenon of wind shear. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Aviation, Meteorology
    Sense id: en-shear-en-noun-EV1FOTLw Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 2 4 12 2 8 11 12 6 5 4 1 3 5 6 6 3 8 2 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, climatology, engineering, meteorology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  6. (aviation, meteorology, countable) A specific instance of wind shear. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Aviation, Meteorology
    Sense id: en-shear-en-noun-tqKk1kMF Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 2 4 12 2 8 11 12 6 5 4 1 3 5 6 6 3 8 2 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, climatology, engineering, meteorology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  7. (mathematics) A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point's distance from the line. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (a shear transformation): vinoutus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-shear-en-noun-h2yWS752 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'a shear transformation': 8 0 0 0 0 0 87 5
  8. (geology) The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-shear-en-noun-RznetSuF Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʃɪə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʃɪɹ/ [General-American], /ʃɛə/ (note: cheer–chair merger) Audio: en-us-sheer.ogg Forms: shears [present, singular, third-person], shearing [participle, present], sheared [past], shore [past], shorn [participle, past], sheared [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -ɛə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English sheren, scheren, from Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with West Frisian skarre, Low German scheren, Dutch scheren, German scheren, Danish skære, Norwegian Bokmål skjære, Norwegian Nynorsk skjera, Swedish skära, Finnish keritä; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Latin caro (“flesh”), Albanian shqerr (“to tear, cut”), harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”). See also sharp. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|id=cut}}, {{inh|en|enm|sheren}} Middle English sheren, {{inh|en|ang|sċieran||to shear; to shave}} Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skeran}} Proto-West Germanic *skeran, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skeraną}} Proto-Germanic *skeraną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|t=to cut}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), {{cog|fy|skarre}} West Frisian skarre, {{cog|nds|scheren}} Low German scheren, {{cog|nl|scheren}} Dutch scheren, {{cog|de|scheren}} German scheren, {{cog|da|skære}} Danish skære, {{cog|nb|skjære}} Norwegian Bokmål skjære, {{cog|nn|skjera}} Norwegian Nynorsk skjera, {{cog|sv|skära}} Swedish skära, {{cog|fi|keritä|id=shear}} Finnish keritä, {{qualifier|from Indo-European}} (from Indo-European) Head templates: {{en-verb||||shorn|past2=shore|past_ptc2=sheared}} shear (third-person singular simple present shears, present participle shearing, simple past sheared or shore, past participle shorn or sheared)
  1. (intransitive, transitive) To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms: fleece#Verb Translations (to remove the fleece from a sheep): κείρω (keírō) (Ancient Greek), جَزَّ (jazza) (Arabic), قَصَّ (qaṣṣa) (Arabic), խուզել (xuzel) (Armenian), tundu (Aromanian), стры́гчы (strýhčy) [imperfective] (Belarusian), стри́жа (stríža) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), tondre (Catalan), 剪斷 (Chinese Mandarin), 剪断 (jiǎnduàn) (Chinese Mandarin), stříhat [masculine] (Czech), scheren (Dutch), keritä (Finnish), tondre (French), tosâ (Friulian), tosquiar (Galician), esquiloar (Galician), arrocar (Galician), chamorrar (Galician), rapar (Galician), კრეჭვა (ḳreč̣va) (Georgian), კრეჭა (ḳreč̣a) (Georgian), გაკრეჭვა (gaḳreč̣va) (Georgian), scheren (German), κουρεύω (kourévo) (Greek), megnyír (Hungarian), lenyír (Hungarian), rýja (Icelandic), lom (Irish), tosare (Italian), 刈る (karu) (alt: かる) (Japanese), 자르다 (jareuda) (Korean), tondeō (Latin), cirpt (Latvian), стриже (striže) [imperfective] (Macedonian), kutikuti (Maori), klippe (Norwegian), tónder (Occitan), tondre (Occitan), قرقمق (kırkmak) (Ottoman Turkish), کوتاه کردن (kutâh kardan) (Persian), strzyc [imperfective] (Polish), tosar (Portuguese), tosquiar (Portuguese), tunde (Romanian), стричь (stričʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подстрига́ть (podstrigátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), zenle (Salar), стригати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), стрићи [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), strigati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), strići [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), tùnniri (Sicilian), strihať [imperfective] (Slovak), striči [imperfective] (Slovene), кыркы- (kïrkï-) (Southern Altai), esquilar (Spanish), tonsurar (Spanish), tundir (Spanish), wärk- (Tocharian A), wārk- (Tocharian B), kırkmak (Turkish), стри́гти (strýhty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), toxar (Venetian), tondir (Venetian), tondar (Venetian), cắt (Vietnamese), cneifio (Welsh), שערן (shern) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-shear-en-verb-vW3WH0WQ Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of 'to remove the fleece from a sheep': 57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21
  2. To cut the hair of (a person). Translations (to cut the hair of a person): scheren (Dutch), knippen (Dutch), rasieren (German), abschneiden (German), raka (Icelandic), klippa (Icelandic), bearr (Irish), yiligüsi (Salar), tıraş etmek (Turkish), saçını kesmek (Turkish), yülümek [dialectal] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-shear-en-verb-v3cb5RpM Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of 'to cut the hair of a person': 0 87 6 2 1 0 3 0 1
  3. To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears. Translations (to cut): режа (reža) (Bulgarian), срязвам (srjazvam) (Bulgarian), esquilar (Catalan), tondosar (Catalan), (qiē) (Chinese Mandarin), stříhat (Czech), ostříhat (Czech), ustřihnout (Czech), skære (Danish), klippe (Danish), afsnijden (Dutch), knippen (Dutch), viiltää (Finnish), couper (French), tosquiar (Galician), ჭრა (č̣ra) (Georgian), გაჭრა (gač̣ra) (Georgian), abschneiden (German), schneiden (German), vág (Hungarian), levág (Hungarian), nyír (Hungarian), skera (Icelandic), klippa (Icelandic), cizagar (Ido), memotong (Indonesian), tagliare (Italian), 切る (kiru) (alt: きる) (Japanese), 썰다 (sseolda) (Korean), tondeō (Latin), kutikuti (Maori), klippe (Norwegian), قرقمق (kırkmak) (Ottoman Turkish), ciąć (Polish), ścinać (Polish), cortar (Portuguese), tosquiar (note: with shears) (Portuguese), rutuy (Quechua), tunde (Romanian), ре́зать (rézatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), стричь (stričʹ) (english: to cut/trim hair) [imperfective] (Russian), подстрига́ть (podstrigátʹ) (english: to cut/trim hair) [imperfective] (Russian), исећи [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), iseći [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), cizallar (Spanish), cortar (Spanish), שערן (shern) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-shear-en-verb-fwHbeSd~ Disambiguation of 'to cut': 0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0
  4. (physics) To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions. Categories (topical): Physics Translations (to deform because of shearing forces): afschuiven (Dutch), leikata (Finnish), leikkautua (Finnish), cisailler (French), cisallar (Galician), 剪断する (sendan suru) (alt: せんだんする) (Japanese), klippe (Norwegian), ścinać [imperfective] (Polish), cisalhar (Portuguese), извити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), izviti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), cizallar (Spanish), distorsionar (Spanish), skjuva (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-shear-en-verb-o1L52nrt Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'to deform because of shearing forces': 2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1
  5. (aviation, meteorology, intransitive, of wind) To change in direction or speed. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Aviation, Meteorology
  6. (mathematics) To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (to apply a shear transformation): vinouttaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-shear-en-verb-TabsmJPr Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to apply a shear transformation': 11 6 12 9 6 18 14 14 10
  7. (mining, intransitive) To make a vertical cut in coal. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-shear-en-verb-vvZGQlRw Topics: business, mining
  8. (Scotland) To reap, as grain. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-shear-en-verb-8UeGOd-9 Categories (other): Scottish English
  9. (figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-shear-en-verb-uDyzEaHD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: shear off

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "expansion": "West Frisian skarre",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "scheren"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German scheren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "scheren"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch scheren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "scheren"
      },
      "expansion": "German scheren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "skære"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish skære",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "skjære"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål skjære",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "skjera"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk skjera",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "skära"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish skära",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "keritä",
        "id": "shear"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish keritä",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "from Indo-European"
      },
      "expansion": "(from Indo-European)",
      "name": "qualifier"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sheren, scheren, from Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).\nCognate with West Frisian skarre, Low German scheren, Dutch scheren, German scheren, Danish skære, Norwegian Bokmål skjære, Norwegian Nynorsk skjera, Swedish skära, Finnish keritä; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Latin caro (“flesh”), Albanian shqerr (“to tear, cut”), harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”). See also sharp.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shears",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shearing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sheared",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shore",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shorn",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sheared",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shorn",
        "past2": "shore",
        "past_ptc2": "sheared"
      },
      "expansion": "shear (third-person singular simple present shears, present participle shearing, simple past sheared or shore, past participle shorn or sheared)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "shear the llamas",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping."
      ],
      "id": "en-shear-en-verb-vW3WH0WQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "fleece",
          "fleece#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "sheep",
          "sheep"
        ],
        [
          "llama",
          "llama"
        ],
        [
          "clipping",
          "clip#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, transitive) To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fleece#Verb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "jazza",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "جَزَّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qaṣṣa",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "قَصَّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "xuzel",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "խուզել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tundu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "strýhčy",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стры́гчы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "stríža",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стри́жа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tondre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "剪斷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiǎnduàn",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "剪断"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stříhat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "scheren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "keritä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tondre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tosâ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tosquiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "esquiloar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "arrocar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "chamorrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "rapar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳreč̣va",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "კრეჭვა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳreč̣a",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "კრეჭა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gaḳreč̣va",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "გაკრეჭვა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "scheren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kourévo",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "κουρεύω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "keírō",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "κείρω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "megnyír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "lenyír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "rýja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "lom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tosare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "alt": "かる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "karu",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "刈る"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jareuda",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "자르다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tondeō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "cirpt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "striže",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стриже"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "kutikuti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "klippe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tónder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tondre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "kırkmak",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "قرقمق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kutâh kardan",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "کوتاه کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "strzyc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tosar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tosquiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tunde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stričʹ",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стричь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podstrigátʹ",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "подстрига́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "slr",
          "lang": "Salar",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "zenle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стригати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стрићи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "strigati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "strići"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tùnniri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "strihať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "striči"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "kïrkï-",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "кыркы-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "esquilar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tonsurar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tundir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "xto",
          "lang": "Tocharian A",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "wärk-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "wārk-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "kırkmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "strýhty",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стри́гти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "toxar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tondir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "tondar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "cắt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "cneifio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 3 1 2 3 6 5 2 21",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "shern",
          "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
          "word": "שערן"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: shave"
        },
        {
          "text": "shear the afro off someone's head",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut the hair of (a person)."
      ],
      "id": "en-shear-en-verb-v3cb5RpM",
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 6 2 1 0 3 0 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
          "word": "scheren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 6 2 1 0 3 0 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
          "word": "knippen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 6 2 1 0 3 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
          "word": "rasieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 6 2 1 0 3 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
          "word": "abschneiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 6 2 1 0 3 0 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
          "word": "raka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 6 2 1 0 3 0 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
          "word": "klippa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 6 2 1 0 3 0 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
          "word": "bearr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 6 2 1 0 3 0 1",
          "code": "slr",
          "lang": "Salar",
          "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
          "word": "yiligüsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 6 2 1 0 3 0 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
          "word": "tıraş etmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 6 2 1 0 3 0 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
          "word": "saçını kesmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 87 6 2 1 0 3 0 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "yülümek"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:",
          "text": "So trenchant was the Templar’s weapon, that it shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace, which the ill-fated Saxon reared to parry the blow, and, descending on his head, levelled him with the earth.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 68”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:",
          "text": "the golden tresses […] were shorn away",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears."
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          "cut",
          "cut"
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        [
          "shears",
          "shears"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "reža",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "режа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "srjazvam",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "срязвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "esquilar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "tondosar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiē",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "切"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "stříhat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "ostříhat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "ustřihnout"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "skære"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "klippe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "afsnijden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "knippen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "viiltää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "couper"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "tosquiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "č̣ra",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "ჭრა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gač̣ra",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "გაჭრა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "abschneiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "schneiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "vág"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "levág"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "nyír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "skera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "klippa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "cizagar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "memotong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "tagliare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "alt": "きる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kiru",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "切る"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sseolda",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "썰다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "tondeō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "kutikuti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "klippe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "kırkmak",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "قرقمق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "ciąć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "ścinać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "cortar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "note": "with shears",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "tosquiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "rutuy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "tunde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rézatʹ",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ре́зать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "to cut/trim hair",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stričʹ",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "стричь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "to cut/trim hair",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podstrigátʹ",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "подстрига́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "исећи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "iseći"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "cizallar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "cortar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 34 45 0 0 0 21 0 0",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "shern",
          "sense": "to cut",
          "word": "שערן"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "en:Physics",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "deform",
          "deform"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "opposite",
          "opposite"
        ],
        [
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          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
          "word": "afschuiven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
          "word": "leikata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
          "word": "leikkautua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
          "word": "cisailler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
          "word": "cisallar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1",
          "alt": "せんだんする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sendan suru",
          "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
          "word": "剪断する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
          "word": "klippe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ścinać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
          "word": "cisalhar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "извити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "izviti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
          "word": "cizallar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
          "word": "distorsionar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 3 77 4 3 4 5 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
          "word": "skjuva"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Aviation",
          "orig": "en:Aviation",
          "parents": [
            "Aeronautics",
            "Transport",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Meteorology",
          "orig": "en:Meteorology",
          "parents": [
            "Atmosphere",
            "Earth sciences",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1985 March 21, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.3 Airplane Takeoff Performance”, in Aircraft Accident Report: United Airlines Flight 663, Boeing 727-222, N7647U, Denver, Colorado, May 31, 1984, page 41:",
          "text": "The total along-the-runway wind component sheared from an 8-knot headwind to about a 56-knot tailwind over a 44-second period.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change in direction or speed."
      ],
      "id": "en-shear-en-verb-598R1hqv",
      "links": [
        [
          "aviation",
          "aviation"
        ],
        [
          "meteorology",
          "meteorology"
        ],
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "speed",
          "speed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(aviation, meteorology, intransitive, of wind) To change in direction or speed."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of wind"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "aeronautics",
        "aerospace",
        "aviation",
        "business",
        "climatology",
        "engineering",
        "meteorology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "en:Mathematics",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line."
      ],
      "id": "en-shear-en-verb-TabsmJPr",
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "transform",
          "transform"
        ],
        [
          "displacing",
          "displace"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "parallel",
          "parallel"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "distance",
          "distance"
        ],
        [
          "proportional",
          "proportional"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "11 6 12 9 6 18 14 14 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to apply a shear transformation",
          "word": "vinouttaa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mining",
          "orig": "en:Mining",
          "parents": [
            "Industries",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a vertical cut in coal."
      ],
      "id": "en-shear-en-verb-vvZGQlRw",
      "links": [
        [
          "mining",
          "mining#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "vertical",
          "vertical"
        ],
        [
          "coal",
          "coal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mining, intransitive) To make a vertical cut in coal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "mining"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1769, John Aldington, A Poem on the Cruelty of Shooting etc.:",
          "text": "Soon as the bending Scythe,\nAnd Sickle keen, have shear'd the golden Grain,\nArray'd in all the Equipage of Death,\nForth the stern Sportsman stalks",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reap, as grain."
      ],
      "id": "en-shear-en-verb-8UeGOd-9",
      "links": [
        [
          "reap",
          "reap"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) To reap, as grain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To deprive of property; to fleece."
      ],
      "id": "en-shear-en-verb-uDyzEaHD",
      "links": [
        [
          "deprive",
          "deprive"
        ],
        [
          "property",
          "property"
        ],
        [
          "fleece",
          "fleece"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɛə/",
      "note": "cheer–chair merger"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-sheer.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a3/En-us-sheer.ogg/En-us-sheer.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/En-us-sheer.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sheer"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "shear"
  ],
  "word": "shear"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "alligator shear"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "crocodile shear"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Kepler shear"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "megashear"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shear-cake"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shear centre"
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    "en:Hair"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "shear off"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)ker-",
        "id": "cut"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sheren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English sheren",
      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "sċieran",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to shear; to shave"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "1": "fy",
        "2": "skarre"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "scheren"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "scheren"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "scheren"
      },
      "expansion": "German scheren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "skære"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish skære",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "skjære"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "skjera"
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      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk skjera",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "skära"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish skära",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "keritä",
        "id": "shear"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish keritä",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "from Indo-European"
      },
      "expansion": "(from Indo-European)",
      "name": "qualifier"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sheren, scheren, from Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).\nCognate with West Frisian skarre, Low German scheren, Dutch scheren, German scheren, Danish skære, Norwegian Bokmål skjære, Norwegian Nynorsk skjera, Swedish skära, Finnish keritä; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Latin caro (“flesh”), Albanian shqerr (“to tear, cut”), harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”). See also sharp.",
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    {
      "form": "shears",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shearing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sheared",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shore",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shorn",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sheared",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shorn",
        "past2": "shore",
        "past_ptc2": "sheared"
      },
      "expansion": "shear (third-person singular simple present shears, present participle shearing, simple past sheared or shore, past participle shorn or sheared)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "shear the llamas",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "fleece",
          "fleece#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "sheep",
          "sheep"
        ],
        [
          "llama",
          "llama"
        ],
        [
          "clipping",
          "clip#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, transitive) To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fleece#Verb"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: shave"
        },
        {
          "text": "shear the afro off someone's head",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut the hair of (a person)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:",
          "text": "So trenchant was the Templar’s weapon, that it shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace, which the ill-fated Saxon reared to parry the blow, and, descending on his head, levelled him with the earth.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 68”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:",
          "text": "the golden tresses […] were shorn away",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "shears",
          "shears"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "deform",
          "deform"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
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          "opposite",
          "opposite"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Aviation",
        "en:Meteorology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1985 March 21, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.3 Airplane Takeoff Performance”, in Aircraft Accident Report: United Airlines Flight 663, Boeing 727-222, N7647U, Denver, Colorado, May 31, 1984, page 41:",
          "text": "The total along-the-runway wind component sheared from an 8-knot headwind to about a 56-knot tailwind over a 44-second period.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change in direction or speed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aviation",
          "aviation"
        ],
        [
          "meteorology",
          "meteorology"
        ],
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "speed",
          "speed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(aviation, meteorology, intransitive, of wind) To change in direction or speed."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of wind"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "aeronautics",
        "aerospace",
        "aviation",
        "business",
        "climatology",
        "engineering",
        "meteorology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "transform",
          "transform"
        ],
        [
          "displacing",
          "displace"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "parallel",
          "parallel"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "distance",
          "distance"
        ],
        [
          "proportional",
          "proportional"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Mining"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a vertical cut in coal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mining",
          "mining#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "vertical",
          "vertical"
        ],
        [
          "coal",
          "coal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mining, intransitive) To make a vertical cut in coal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "mining"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1769, John Aldington, A Poem on the Cruelty of Shooting etc.:",
          "text": "Soon as the bending Scythe,\nAnd Sickle keen, have shear'd the golden Grain,\nArray'd in all the Equipage of Death,\nForth the stern Sportsman stalks",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reap, as grain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reap",
          "reap"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) To reap, as grain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To deprive of property; to fleece."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deprive",
          "deprive"
        ],
        [
          "property",
          "property"
        ],
        [
          "fleece",
          "fleece"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɛə/",
      "note": "cheer–chair merger"
    },
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sheer"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jazza",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "جَزَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qaṣṣa",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "قَصَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xuzel",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "խուզել"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tundu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "strýhčy",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стры́гчы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stríža",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стри́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tondre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "剪斷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎnduàn",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "剪断"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stříhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "scheren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "keritä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tondre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tosâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tosquiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "esquiloar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "arrocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "chamorrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "rapar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳreč̣va",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "კრეჭვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳreč̣a",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "კრეჭა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gaḳreč̣va",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "გაკრეჭვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "scheren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kourévo",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "κουρεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "keírō",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "κείρω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "megnyír"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "lenyír"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "rýja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "lom"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tosare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "karu",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "刈る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jareuda",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "자르다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tondeō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "cirpt"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "striže",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стриже"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "kutikuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "klippe"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tónder"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tondre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kırkmak",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "قرقمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kutâh kardan",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "کوتاه کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "strzyc"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tosar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tosquiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tunde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stričʹ",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стричь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podstrigátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подстрига́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "slr",
      "lang": "Salar",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "zenle"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стригати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стрићи"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "strigati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "strići"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tùnniri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "strihať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "striči"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "kïrkï-",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "кыркы-"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "esquilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tonsurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tundir"
    },
    {
      "code": "xto",
      "lang": "Tocharian A",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "wärk-"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "wārk-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "kırkmak"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "strýhty",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стри́гти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "toxar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tondir"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "tondar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "cắt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "cneifio"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shern",
      "sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
      "word": "שערן"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
      "word": "scheren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
      "word": "knippen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
      "word": "rasieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
      "word": "abschneiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
      "word": "raka"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
      "word": "klippa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
      "word": "bearr"
    },
    {
      "code": "slr",
      "lang": "Salar",
      "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
      "word": "yiligüsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
      "word": "tıraş etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
      "word": "saçını kesmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to cut the hair of a person",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "yülümek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "reža",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "режа"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "srjazvam",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "срязвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "esquilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "tondosar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiē",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "切"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "stříhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "ostříhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "ustřihnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "skære"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "klippe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "afsnijden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "knippen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "viiltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "couper"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "tosquiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "č̣ra",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "ჭრა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gač̣ra",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "გაჭრა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "abschneiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "schneiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "vág"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "levág"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "nyír"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "skera"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "klippa"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "cizagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "memotong"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "tagliare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kiru",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "切る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sseolda",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "썰다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "tondeō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "kutikuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "klippe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kırkmak",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "قرقمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "ciąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "ścinać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "cortar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "with shears",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "tosquiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "rutuy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "tunde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rézatʹ",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ре́зать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "to cut/trim hair",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stričʹ",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стричь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "to cut/trim hair",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podstrigátʹ",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подстрига́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "исећи"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "iseći"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "cizallar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "cortar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shern",
      "sense": "to cut",
      "word": "שערן"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
      "word": "afschuiven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
      "word": "leikata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
      "word": "leikkautua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
      "word": "cisailler"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
      "word": "cisallar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんだんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sendan suru",
      "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
      "word": "剪断する"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
      "word": "klippe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ścinać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
      "word": "cisalhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "извити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "izviti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
      "word": "cizallar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
      "word": "distorsionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to deform because of shearing forces",
      "word": "skjuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to apply a shear transformation",
      "word": "vinouttaa"
    }
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}

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      "word": "alligator shear"
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    {
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      "word": "megashear"
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      "word": "shear centre"
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    {
      "word": "shear hog"
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    {
      "word": "shear legs"
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    {
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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        "General-American"
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      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sheer"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "shear"
  ],
  "word": "shear"
}

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