transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃɪə(r) ]
( shears, shearing, sheared, shorn)
1.
To shear a sheep means to cut its wool off.
In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than anywhere else.
VERB : V n
• shear‧ing
...a display of sheep shearing.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A pair of shears is a garden tool like a very large pair of scissors. Shears are used especially for cutting hedges.
Trim the shrubs with shears.
N-PLURAL : also a pair of N