- present tense form of shear (3rd person singular).
shears
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Gavin Newsom looks like the rat that Lisa Simpson accidentally shears thinking he’s a baby sheep.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
I found the most beautiful, and still-sharp, Japanese sewing shears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
That means buying fresh lobsters from your local market, boiling them and using kitchen shears to slice their shells from head to tail.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2024
"I get the sheep shears on it for a mullet," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
We also brought over a cast-iron frying pan, ten packets of baker’s yeast, pinking shears, the head of a hatchet, a fold-up army latrine spade, and all told a good deal more.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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