Clues for the word "SHEAR"
We've had 110 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 251 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on January 14, 2026.
Definition of shear
- v. t. - To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
- v. t. - To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece.
- v. t. - To reap, as grain.
- v. t. - Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
- v. t. - To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4.
- v. t. - A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears.
- v. t. - A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
- v. t. - An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress.
- v. t. - A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction.
- v. i. - To deviate. See Sheer.
- v. i. - To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.
Referring Clues
- Wind danger
- Wind ___ (pilot's problem)
- Pilot's wind problem
- Buy-one-get-one-free item?
- Fleece
- Cut
- Wind ___ (flying hazard)
- Give a buzz
- Wind phenomenon
- Cut, as sheep's wool
- Clip
- Cut, as wool
- Perform a sheep ranch chore
- Clip, as wool
- Cut off, as fleece
- Shave, as sheep
- Table finish
- Crop
- Clip wool from
- Scissors blade
- Cut, as hair
- Use clippers on
- Wind ___
- Gather wool
- Take off a wool coat
- Engage in woolgathering?
- Remove, as a wool coat
- Cut ewe down?
- Remove a wool coat
- Hazardous wind phenomenon
- Wind threat
- Flier's hazard
- Clip sheep
- Cut short
- Shave sheep
- Wind ___
- Trim, as an alpaca
- Remove wool from
- Trim, as an alpaca
- Take off fleece
- Gather fleece
- Gather fleeces
- Cut off
- Clip wool
- Remove wool
- Remove fleece
- Cut through
- Clip fleece from
- Clip, as sheep
- Do some fleecing
- Rid of fleece
- Clip fleece
- Clip off
- Cut wool
- Harvest wool from
- Do a shepherd's task
- Use wool clippers on
- Word in punny salon names
- Rid of wool
- Wind problem for a pilot
- One way to acquire wool
- Wind ___ (airport hazard)
- Take off, as a heavy coat?
- Collect wool
- Harvest wool
- Gather some wool
- Use scissors
- Do a shepherd's annual job
- One way to gather wool
- Cut fleece from
- Quiet noble's short cut
- Get wild and woolly?
- Gather wool from sheep
- Trim, as wool
- MTV "Unplugged" host Jules
- Singer/songwriter Jules
- "All Through the Night" writer Jules
- Female artist's backing cut
- Shark cut
- Clip of footballer showing no hesitation
- Cut off, she goes to the far end
- Cut or share, possibly
- Cut share, maybe
- Cut wool from
- Clip heard by quiet listener
- Cut with clippers
- Cut the end off 1 across to take 1 across
- There's a war raging - I'm taking flight overseas
- Take clippers to
- Cut off, as wool
- Denude, maybe
- Reportedly, total cut
- Girl getting a right clip!
- Harvest, as wool
- Woolgather, in a way
- Be a wool gatherer
- Engage in woolgathering?
- Trim
- Cut off during rehearsal maybe?
- Shave
- Do some wool gathering
- Barnyard trim
- Gather wool from
- Cut or share out
- Trim wool from
- Strip
- Cut close
- Trim, like a sheep
- Shave wool from, as sheep
- ___ Madness, punny name for a barbershop
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - January 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 01, 2025
- LA Times - November 27, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 14, 2025
- Daily American - September 24, 2025
- New York Times - September 10, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 31, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 27, 2025
- LA Times - May 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 17, 2025
- Daily American - May 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 13, 2025
- Mirror Mini - April 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 23, 2025
- Mirror Mini - April 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 05, 2025
- LA Times - February 14, 2025
- LA Times - February 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 08, 2025
- Daily American - February 01, 2025
- LA Times - December 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 23, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 20, 2024
- USA Today - August 06, 2024
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