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Pronunciation / Transliteration: karu
"農家は年に一度羊の毛を刈ります。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
6 senses- 1
The act or an instance of cutting the wool off a sheep or other animal.
"The annual shear of the sheep produced a large quantity of wool." - 2
A strain, stress, or deformation that occurs when parallel forces act in opposite directions.
"The bridge was designed to withstand significant shear forces." - 3
A large pair of scissors or other cutting implement, often used in the plural 'shears'.
"He used a pair of garden shears to trim the hedge."
- 1
To cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal).
"Farmers shear their sheep once a year." - 2
To cut off (hair, wool, etc.) with shears or a similar implement.
"She sheared off her long hair, donating it to charity." - 3
To break off or cause to break off due to a shearing force.
"The bolt sheared under the immense pressure, causing the structure to collapse."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Old English 'sceran' (verb) 'to cut, shear, shave,' from Proto-Germanic '*skeran' (source also of Old Norse 'skera', Old Frisian 'skera', Middle Dutch 'sceren', Dutch 'scheren', Old High German 'skeran', German 'scheren' 'to shear'), from PIE root '*sker-' 'to cut.' The noun sense is from the verb.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "shear" is said worldwide
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tondre
Transliteration: tondre
"Les fermiers tondent leurs moutons une fois par an."
scheren
Transliteration: scheren
"Die Bauern scheren ihre Schafe einmal im Jahr."
tosare
Transliteration: tosare
"I contadini tosano le loro pecore una volta all'anno."
esquilar
Transliteration: esquilar
"Los granjeros esquilan sus ovejas una vez al año."
tosquiar
Transliteration: tosquiar
"Os fazendeiros tosquiam suas ovelhas uma vez por ano."
कतरना
Transliteration: katarna
"किसान साल में एक बार अपनी भेड़ों को कतरते हैं।"
剪
Transliteration: jiǎn
"农民每年剪一次羊毛。"
깎다
Transliteration: kkakda
"농부들은 일년에 한 번 양털을 깎습니다."
刈る
Transliteration: karu
"農家は年に一度羊の毛を刈ります。"
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