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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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shears

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

Ash devils occur when heat from a fire causes hot air to rise and mix with the cool air from shifting winds, called wind shears.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026

Instead the final four candidates for the job were a range of eager submissives, each straining to appear enthusiastic to pick up the pruning shears and start cutting rates by the bunch:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

I grabbed the shears from his hand and threw them, with a clatter, on the bricks.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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