5 Letters
3 Consonants
2 Vowels
1 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use shear as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
About Shear
A 1 syllables noun and 5 letters with the letters a, e, h, r, and s, 3 consonants, 2 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter e. Shear starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, sh, she, shea, and the ending characters are r, ar, ear, hear, ..
Definition
A large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
Origin/Roots
Middle English
School Grade
Shear is set as a grade six word that starts with s, ends with r, 1 syllables, 2 vowels and 5 letters.
Scrabble
Is shear a scrabble word? A 8 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Shear in Pig Latin is said as "earshay or earshway".
Unigram
s | h | e | a | r
Bigram
sh | he | ea | ar
Trigram
she | hea | ear
Quadrigram
shea | hear
Word Gram
Noun Examples
a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
(usually plural) large scissors with strong blades
(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves;
"the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram"
Verb Examples
cut with shears;
"shear hedges"
cut or cut through with shears
shear the wool from;
"shear sheep"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Shear"

There are 209 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to shear.

SynonymDefinition
Abbreviateshorten
"Abbreviate `New York'' and write `NY''"
Abridgereduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
Abscind
Abstracta concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
"he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
Abstractiona general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
Adda condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
Add Together
Add Up
Amputateremove surgically
"amputate limbs"
Annihilatekill in large numbers
"the plague wiped out an entire population"

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Anagrams

There are 3 anagrams from shear.

Anagram Definition
Shareany one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor
"I am proud of my contribution to the team''s success"
"they all did their share of the work"
Sheara large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
Resha

View English words with the unique letters used in shear. Words With The Letters Aehrs

Derives

Shear derives from 1 words.

Word Definition
Sheara large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it

Hypernyms

Shear has 1 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Edge Tool

Names With The Word "Shear"

5 names are spelled with shear.

NameMaleFemale
ShearlNoNo
ShearonNoNo
ShearyNoYes
ShearaNoYes
SheardYesNo

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word shear.

Is shear a scrabble word or can you use shear in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 14523 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 6550 games. This 5 letter 8 point scrabble word can be rearranged 120 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, e, h, r, and s? There's 30 with 7 letters or less with the letters a, e, h, r, and s. Here is a list of 25 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Hearts (6 letters) 9 +1 8 +1 hearst
Share (5 letters) 8 7 share
Harvest (7 letters) 13 +5 13 +6 aehrstv
Rasher (6 letters) 9 +1 8 +1 rasher
Hawser (6 letters) 12 +4 11 +4 serawh
Shaver (6 letters) 12 +4 12 +5 shaver
Shear (5 letters) 8 7 share
Shears (6 letters) 9 +1 8 +1 shares
Washer (6 letters) 12 +4 11 +4 serawh
Rehash (6 letters) 12 +4 10 +3 aehhrs
Hearsay (7 letters) 13 +5 11 +4 hearsay
Sharer (6 letters) 9 +1 8 +1 rasher
Shearer (7 letters) 10 +2 9 +2 sharere
Hearst (6 letters) 9 +1 8 +1 hearst
Theresa (7 letters) 10 +2 9 +2 aeehrst
Shatter (7 letters) 10 +2 9 +2 aehrstt
Whereas (7 letters) 13 +5 12 +5 whereas
Hashery (7 letters) 16 +8 13 +6 aehhrsy
Shares (6 letters) 9 +1 8 +1 shares
Swasher (7 letters) 13 +5 12 +5 aehrssw
Swather (7 letters) 13 +5 12 +5 swather
Shaheer (7 letters) 13 +5 11 +4 shaheer
Sarvesh (7 letters) 13 +5 13 +6 sarvesh
Harsher (7 letters) 13 +5 11 +4 harsher
Resha (5 letters) 8 7 share





     

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