Talk:shear

Its use as an adjective
Can "shear" be used as an adjective? Or are phrases like "shear strength" don't consider the word to be an adjective?--24.128.79.230 22:50, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * You are thinking of sheer:. SemperBlotto 06:46, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * No, he (or she) means shear strength. But it's not an adjective there, it's a noun used attributively. Eric Kvaalen (talk) 11:42, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Deformation senses
Chambers 1908 has slightly differing definitions, not sure whether worth merging in: "a strain where compression is answered by elongation at right angles; curve, deviation". Equinox ◑ 12:29, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

to progress by or as if by cutting
The cruiser sheared through the water --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:04, 26 October 2020 (UTC)