Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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snip | Yes | No | Yes | No |
shear | Yes | No | Yes | No |
snip (noun) | shear (noun) |
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the act of clipping or snipping | a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it |
a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) | (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves |
snip (verb) | shear (verb) |
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cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain |
sever or remove by pinching or snipping | cut with shears |
cut or cut through with shears | |
shear the wool from |