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Definition of shears in English:

shears

(also a pair of shears)
plural nounʃɪəzʃɪrz
  • A cutting instrument in which two blades move past each other, like scissors but typically larger.

    大剪刀

    when cutting roses, always use a sharp, clean pair of shears
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Gulping nervously, she quickly smoothed down her short hair, which she had cropped off awkwardly with a pair of shears, and turned the door knob.
    • Make sure your cutting tools are sharp; use barber shears or shears with serrated blades.
    • Yesterday I used my magical powers (as well as a thirty-year old pair of shears in need of a little bit of attention with a whetstone) to trim the hedge that runs along the side and in front of the house.
    • He wrote about scissors and shears in the September 1999 issue of The Chronicle.
    • She opened the sewing kit and took out a pair of shears, and made a cut up the very front to the neck so that the shirt came off the right side of him.
    • So I consider a boycott and two seconds later I realise it'd be like taking a pair of shears to my nose.
    • Furious now, his mother stormed across the room and yanked open his vanity drawer, rummaging around until she found a pair of shears.
    • His hair was longer; it looked like it had been trimmed with a blade instead of shears.
    • Cutting with spinning blades instead of the shears creates a lot of dust.
    • The worst of the pain is centered around my lower back, and - thanks to a brief but debilitating attempt to wield a pair of shears - both of my wrists.
    • Trim excess stem with scissors or pruning shears.
    • If you have a few plants indoors, use narrow-bladed pruning shears to prune and shape.
    • The old lady had brought a brush and a pair of shears that she was probably going to cut my hair with.
    • Something as mundane as getting a haircut becomes a risk factor in a prison setting when the barber does not sterilize shears between cuttings.
    • Scissors and shears are not ‘multi-tasking’ tools.
    • After it is snapped, trim the paper on the uncut side with a pair of shears or a sharp knife.
    • The disease causes a reduction in yield and is transmitted through infected cuttings, shears and other implements, as well as infected soil and water.
    • Use the next page to list all your scissors and shears, when they were sharpened and new ones you need.
    • Experience equips you with a series of conditioned reflexes which can protect you from some of the more egregious follies, like changing a light bulb while standing in bath water or cutting your toe-nails with garden shears.
    • A goose is a tailor's iron; a donkey is a special board used for pressing sleeves and the shears are tailoring scissors.

Origin

Old English scēara (plural) 'scissors, cutting instrument', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaar and German Schere, also to shear.

Definition of shears in US English:

shears

(also a pair of shears)
plural nounʃɪrzSHirz
  • A cutting instrument in which two blades move past each other, like scissors but typically larger.

    大剪刀

    garden shears

    剪枝剪。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • So I consider a boycott and two seconds later I realise it'd be like taking a pair of shears to my nose.
    • Cutting with spinning blades instead of the shears creates a lot of dust.
    • Experience equips you with a series of conditioned reflexes which can protect you from some of the more egregious follies, like changing a light bulb while standing in bath water or cutting your toe-nails with garden shears.
    • His hair was longer; it looked like it had been trimmed with a blade instead of shears.
    • Gulping nervously, she quickly smoothed down her short hair, which she had cropped off awkwardly with a pair of shears, and turned the door knob.
    • He wrote about scissors and shears in the September 1999 issue of The Chronicle.
    • The disease causes a reduction in yield and is transmitted through infected cuttings, shears and other implements, as well as infected soil and water.
    • A goose is a tailor's iron; a donkey is a special board used for pressing sleeves and the shears are tailoring scissors.
    • Something as mundane as getting a haircut becomes a risk factor in a prison setting when the barber does not sterilize shears between cuttings.
    • Use the next page to list all your scissors and shears, when they were sharpened and new ones you need.
    • The worst of the pain is centered around my lower back, and - thanks to a brief but debilitating attempt to wield a pair of shears - both of my wrists.
    • She opened the sewing kit and took out a pair of shears, and made a cut up the very front to the neck so that the shirt came off the right side of him.
    • Make sure your cutting tools are sharp; use barber shears or shears with serrated blades.
    • Trim excess stem with scissors or pruning shears.
    • The old lady had brought a brush and a pair of shears that she was probably going to cut my hair with.
    • If you have a few plants indoors, use narrow-bladed pruning shears to prune and shape.
    • Scissors and shears are not ‘multi-tasking’ tools.
    • After it is snapped, trim the paper on the uncut side with a pair of shears or a sharp knife.
    • Yesterday I used my magical powers (as well as a thirty-year old pair of shears in need of a little bit of attention with a whetstone) to trim the hedge that runs along the side and in front of the house.
    • Furious now, his mother stormed across the room and yanked open his vanity drawer, rummaging around until she found a pair of shears.

Origin

Old English scēara (plural) ‘scissors, cutting instrument’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaar and German Schere, also to shear.

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