shear

Inflections of 'shear' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
shear [sth]⇒ vtr	(shave wool from: a sheep)	esquilar⇒, trasquilar⇒ vtr
	The farmer is shearing his sheep.
	El granjero está esquilando a las ovejas.
shears npl	(large scissors)	cizallas nfpl
	The workman uses shears to cut the metal.
	El obrero usa las cizallas para cortar metal.
shears npl	(large garden scissors)	tijeras de podar grupo nom
		podaderas nfpl
	The gardener is using shears to cut the hedge.
	El jardinero usa las tijeras de podar para cortar el seto.

Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
shear n	(physics: type of strain)	cizallamiento nm
	Shear had caused the barn to lean to the left.
	El cizallamiento había hecho que el granero se inclinara hacia la izquierda.
shear through [sth] vi + prep	(cut through)	atravesar⇒ vtr
		cortar por vtr + prep
	Laura sheared through the undergrowth to create a path.
	Laura atravesó la maleza para crear un caminito.
shear through [sth] vi + prep	(move as though cutting)	atravesar⇒ vtr
	(figurado)	romper⇒ vtr
	The boat sheared through the water.
	El barco atravesaba el agua.
shear [sth] vtr	(cut with sharp implement)	cortar⇒ vtr
	The workman sheared the iron bar.
	El obrero cortó la barra de hierro.

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
shear modulus	(physics)	módulo de cizalladura loc nom m
		módulo de elasticidad transversal loc nom m
shear [sth] off vtr + adv	(remove by cutting, slice away)	podar⇒ vtr
		segar⇒ vtr
		cortar⇒ vtr
	(metales)	cizallar⇒ vtr
	The gardener sheared off nearly half the bush to make it even with the rest of the hedge.
	El jardinero podó el arbusto para que estuviera a la altura del resto del seto.
shear off vi + adv	(break off)	desprenderse⇒ v prnl
	A big chunk of the cliff face sheared off and fell into the river below.
	Se desprendió un gran trozo de la falda de la montaña y cayó en el río que cruzaba por abajo.
shear stress n	(physics: force that moves one layer of a material past another) (Física)	tensión de corte, tensión cortante loc nom f
shear viscosity n	(physics: resistance of fluid being deformed by stress)	viscosidad nf
shear wall n	(construction: reinforced wall)	muro reforzado nm
wind shear n	(rate wind velocity changes)	cizalladura nf
		cortante de viento loc nom f
wind shear n	(condition dangerous to aircraft)	cortante de viento loc nom f

'shear' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

Spanish:

Collocations: a pair of [garden, cutting, plant, metal, sheep] shears, [sharp, rusty, clean] shears, shears for trimming [flowers, plants], more...

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