Plural of shear
regular plural
The plural of shear is shears.
Forms of shear
| Singular | shear /ʃɪə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | shears /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Shears in a sentence
- Use scissors to cut them if you don't have proper shears.From the entry scissors
- But unfortunately the thoughts that kept popping up were of pinking shears, murder, kangarooburgers.2009, Emily Ecton, Night of the Living Lawn Ornaments, Aladdin, →ISBN, page 112. From the entry kangarooburger
- The barber set to work with scissors and clippers, electric buzzers and pruning shears.1990, Mark Teague, Moog-Moog, Space Barber, Scholastic Corporation, →ISBN, unnumbered page. From the entry crinkler
- The blowflies come in March, but if a man shears then the flies don’t bother much.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 217. From the entry strike
- To start with, I'm going to arm myself with a saw, shears and secateurs to radically prune some of what's there.2023 August 5, Diarmuid Gavin, “It's time to give my garden a makeover”, in Irish Independent Magazine, page 28. From the entry secateurs
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.
Questions about the plural of shear
- What is the plural of shear?
- The plural of shear is shears.
- Is shear countable?
- Shear is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shear (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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