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• present tense form of shear (3rd person singular).

shears

British  

/ ʃɪəz /

plural noun

1. 1. large scissors, as for cutting cloth, jointing poultry, etc

   2. a large scissor-like and usually hand-held cutting tool with flat blades, as for cutting hedges

2. any of various analogous cutting or clipping implements or machines

3. short for sheerlegs

4. informal (of a sheep) newly shorn

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Gavin Newsom looks like the rat that Lisa Simpson accidentally shears thinking he’s a baby sheep.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

Police recovered a garden edger from Manufactum in one of the storage boxes next to other spades, trowels and garden shears.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

I found the most beautiful, and still-sharp, Japanese sewing shears.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

That means buying fresh lobsters from your local market, boiling them and using kitchen shears to slice their shells from head to tail.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2024

She tied the shears to the head of her bed with a long string.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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