[ʃɪə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal)
(e.g: Paul has never sheared a sheep before)

- break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain
(e.g: the gear sheared and jammed in the rear wheel)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English sceran (originally in the sense ‘cut through with a weapon’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German scheren, from a base meaning ‘divide, shear, shave’

[ʃɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a strain produced by pressure in the structure of a substance, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other
(e.g: the water from the upper source is emitted at the same speed as the main flow; there is thus no shear)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English sceran (originally in the sense ‘cut through with a weapon’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German scheren, from a base meaning ‘divide, shear, shave’