Synonymer
| Översättning | |
|---|---|
| Verb | |
| 1. | kırkmak |
- sheer - skrivfel
Böjningsformer
Definitioner
Verb
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
- (physics) To deform because of shearing forces.
- (Scotland) To reap, as grain.
- (figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece.
Substantiv
- a cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger
- the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing
- (physics) a force that produces a shearing strain
- (geology) The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
Exempel
- So trenchant was the Templar’s weapon, that it shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace, which the ill-fated Saxon reared to parry the blow, and, descending on his head, levelled him with the earth.
- the golden tresses [...] were shorn away
- short of the wool, and naked from the shear
- After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; [...] at the expiration of another year, he is a three-shear ram; the name always taking its date from the time of shearing.
Böjningsformer
| Perfektparticip | sheared | Perfektparticip | shorn |
| Imperfekt | shore | Imperfekt | sheared |
| Imperfekt | shorn | Presensparticip | shearing |
| Plural | shears | Tredje person singular indicativ presens | shears |
| Tredje person singular indicativ presens | sheareth |