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shearlike

shearlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of shears (the cutting tool).

Adjective

shearlike (comparative more shearlike, superlative most shearlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of shears (the cutting tool).
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a shear (geometrical transformation).

Forms of shearlike

comparativemore shearlike
superlativemost shearlike

Origin of shearlike

From shear + -like.

Questions about shearlike

What does shearlike mean?
Shearlike means resembling or characteristic of shears (the cutting tool).
What part of speech is shearlike?
Shearlike is an adjective.

Words near shearlike in the dictionary

  1. shearleg
  2. shearlegs
  3. shearless
  4. shearlet
  5. shearlets
  6. shearlike
  7. shearline
  8. shearlines
  9. shearling
  10. shearlings
  11. shearman

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