"shears" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/ [UK], /ʃɪɹz/ [US]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} shears
  1. plural of shear Tags: form-of, plural Form of: shear
    Sense id: en-shears-en-noun-pQYvGXiy

Noun [English]

IPA: /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/ [UK], /ʃɪɹz/ [US]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} shears
  1. A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc. Translations (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges): ψαλίς (psalís) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), κουρίς (kourís) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), лозарска ножица (lozarska nožica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ножица за стригане на овце (nožica za strigane na ovce) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tisores [feminine, plural] (Catalan), cisalla [feminine] (Catalan), 剪刀 (jiǎndāo) (Chinese Mandarin), sakset [plural] (Finnish), keritsimet [plural] (Finnish), cisailles [feminine, plural] (French), fuarpis [feminine, plural] (Friulian), tallante [feminine] (Galician), Schere [feminine] (German), ψαλίδα (psalída) [feminine] (Greek), מַזְמֵרָה (mazmerá) [feminine] (Hebrew), klippur [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), cizego (Ido), deimheas [masculine] (Irish), cesoie [feminine] (Italian), forbice [feminine] (Italian), cesoia [feminine] (Italian), forbici [feminine, plural] (Italian), (hasami) (alt: はさみ) (Japanese), forfex [feminine] (Latin), dzirkles [feminine] (Latvian), kutikuti (Maori), دوکارد (dokârd) (Persian), Schea [feminine] (Plautdietsch), nożyce [nonvirile] (Polish), tesoura de tosquiar [feminine] (Portuguese), foarfece (Romanian), но́жницы (nóžnicy) (alt: больши́е) [feminine, plural] (Russian), cizalla [feminine] (Spanish), cizallas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), sax [common-gender] (Swedish), قیچی (ğayci) [Asalemi] (Talysh), timešraḍ [feminine] (Tarifit), sixore [feminine, plural] (Venetian)
    Sense id: en-shears-en-noun-N1WLvRZN Disambiguation of 'tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges': 63 15 13 8
  2. (engineering) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured. Categories (topical): Engineering
    Sense id: en-shears-en-noun-3JVot7nu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 20 28 15 17 20 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. Also sheers.
    Sense id: en-shears-en-noun-mGDTHgT3
  4. Anything resembling a pair of shears in shape or motion, such as a pair of wings.
    Sense id: en-shears-en-noun-KVxFRcp3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: garden shears, knight of the shears, lever shears, pair of shears, pinking shears, pruning shears, purchase shears, texturizing shears, trauma shears

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/ [UK], /ʃɪɹz/ [US]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shears
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shear Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: shear
    Sense id: en-shears-en-verb-eTL58ZA4

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          "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
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          "word": "tesoura de tosquiar"
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          "word": "но́жницы"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1974, Phyllis W. Schwebke, Margaret B. Krohn, How to Sew Leather, Suede, Fur, page 20",
          "text": "Cut with a shears using long, even strokes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tool",
          "tool"
        ],
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ],
        [
          "bevel",
          "bevel"
        ],
        [
          "pivot",
          "pivot"
        ],
        [
          "cutting",
          "cutting"
        ],
        [
          "fleece",
          "fleece"
        ],
        [
          "sheep",
          "sheep"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Engineering"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the shears of a lathe or planer"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "engineering",
          "engineering#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "bedpiece",
          "bedpiece"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(engineering) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. Also sheers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sheers",
          "sheers#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Anything resembling a pair of shears in shape or motion, such as a pair of wings."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪə(ɹ)z/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪɹz/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)z"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sheers"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lozarska nožica",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лозарска ножица"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nožica za strigane na ovce",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ножица за стригане на овце"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "tisores"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cisalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎndāo",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "word": "剪刀"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sakset"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "keritsimet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "cisailles"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "fuarpis"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tallante"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schere"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "psalída",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ψαλίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "psalís",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ψαλίς"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kourís",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κουρίς"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mazmerá",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מַזְמֵרָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "klippur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "word": "cizego"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deimheas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cesoie"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forbice"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cesoia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "forbici"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はさみ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hasami",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "word": "鋏"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forfex"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dzirkles"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "word": "kutikuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dokârd",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "word": "دوکارد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schea"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "nonvirile"
      ],
      "word": "nożyce"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tesoura de tosquiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "word": "foarfece"
    },
    {
      "alt": "больши́е",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nóžnicy",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "но́жницы"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cizalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "cizallas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sax"
    },
    {
      "code": "tly",
      "lang": "Talysh",
      "roman": "ğayci",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "Asalemi"
      ],
      "word": "قیچی"
    },
    {
      "code": "rif",
      "lang": "Tarifit",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "timešraḍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sixore"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shears"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English noun forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verb forms",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)z",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)z/1 syllable"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "shears",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "shear"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular simple present indicative of shear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shear",
          "shear#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪə(ɹ)z/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪɹz/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)z"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sheers"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shears"
}

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