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shear
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noun
(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram
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verb
cut with shears
shear hedges
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verb
cut or cut through with shears
shear the wool off the lamb
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verb
become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
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noun
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
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verb
shear the wool from
shear sheep
screw
Noun
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A screw is a small metal thing for holding pieces of wood together. You turn it to move it in or out of the wood.
I need some screws to hold the shelf to the wall.
screw
Verb
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If you screw in a screw, you put it into a piece of wood by turning it.
I screwed the hinge into the door.
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If you say, "screw this", you decide not to do it because you are frustrated.
Screw this, I will just sit here and do nothing all day.
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If you are screwed, you are in trouble.
The teacher caught me when I tried to sneak out of the door. I am screwed.
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And when the company does screw up - as with Beacon and more recently its plans for user data-sharing with favored vendors such as Pandora - it needs to show more humility.