shear in Arabic
جَزَّ jazza
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shear in Arabic: جَزَّ (jazza), قَصَّ (qaṣṣa). In English, shear means to remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
Arabic words for shear
- to remove the fleece from a sheep
- جَزَّ jazza, قَصَّ qaṣṣa
English meaning of shear
- verb To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
- verb To cut the hair of (a person).
- verb To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- verb To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
shear in a sentence
- shear the afro off someone's head
- We hit a nasty shear on approach and had to go around.
Synonyms of shear
shear in other languages
Questions about shear in Arabic
- What is the meaning of shear in Arabic?
- Shear in Arabic is جَزَّ (jazza), قَصَّ (qaṣṣa).
- ما معنى كلمة shear؟
- Shear: جَزَّ (jazza), قَصَّ (qaṣṣa).
- What does shear mean in English?
- Shear means to remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shear (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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