Definition for Shears:

• A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, used for shearing sheep or skins.

Synonyms for Shears:

• n.

  •
  • fork,
  • blending,
  • buttonhole,
  • cuticle,
  • clippers,
  • Pinking,
  • metal-cutting,
  • flail,
  • sheepshearing,
  • guillotine,
  • alligator,
  • rake,
  • pruning,
  • power shearing machine,
  • Nippers,
  • crocodile,
  • hose,
  • rotary,
  • revolving,
  • grass.
  •artifact (noun)
  • shears.
  •cutters (noun)
  • snips,
  • snippers.
  •cutting instrument (noun)
  • pruner.
  •garden tool (noun)
  • hedge trimmer.
  •hedge trimmer (noun)
  • hedge-trimmer.
  •tool (noun)
  • hammer,
  • machete,
  • mallet,
  • hatchet,
  • radial arm saw,
  • keyhole saw,
  • pick,
  • arc welder,
  • sledgehammer,
  • bench drill,
  • monkey wrench,
  • awl,
  • chisel,
  • posthole auger,
  • shovel,
  • ball-peen hammer,
  • tool,
  • spade,
  • scythe,
  • circular saw,
  • plane,
  • file,
  • lathe,
  • auger,
  • grapnel,
  • axe,
  • square,
  • hacksaw,
  • crowbar,
  • stapler,
  • punch,
  • table saw,
  • Bow-saw,
  • buzz saw,
  • calipers,
  • cold chisel,
  • edger,
  • back saw,
  • scroll saw,
  • Drill press,
  • tire iron,
  • welder,
  • lug wrench,
  • drill,
  • knife,
  • wrench,
  • emery wheel,
  • chain saw,
  • pipe wrench,
  • planer,
  • spoke shave,
  • trowel,
  • coping saw,
  • wrecking bar,
  • ripsaw,
  • sickle,
  • band saw,
  • crosscut saw,
  • handsaw,
  • claw hammer,
  • saw,
  • wedge,
  • gouge,
  • miter box,
  • jackknife,
  • screwdriver,
  • pickax,
  • jointer,
  • spanner,
  • tin snips,
  • hoe,
  • pliers,
  • jigsaw,
  • vise,
  • grindstone,
  • level.
  •tools (noun)
  • lug wrenches,
  • scroll saws,
  • handsaws,
  • posthole augers,
  • wedges,
  • hedge trimmers,
  • welders,
  • lathes,
  • bench drills,
  • band saws,
  • cold chisels,
  • hoes,
  • awls,
  • spades,
  • radial arm saws,
  • vises,
  • levels,
  • hacksaws,
  • saws,
  • wrenches,
  • gouges,
  • drill presses,
  • screwdrivers,
  • crosscut saws,
  • files,
  • grapnels,
  • crowbars,
  • hammers,
  • arc welders,
  • circular saws,
  • coping saws,
  • ripsaws,
  • pipe wrenches,
  • jackknives,
  • wrecking bars,
  • shovels,
  • hatchets,
  • back saws,
  • scythes,
  • tools,
  • chisels,
  • augers,
  • machetes,
  • sickles,
  • sledgehammers,
  • miter boxes,
  • monkey wrenches,
  • grindstones,
  • ball-peen hammers,
  • buzz saws,
  • trowels,
  • mallets,
  • squares,
  • tire irons,
  • edgers,
  • spoke shaves,
  • punches,
  • Axes,
  • jigsaws,
  • Knives,
  • jointers,
  • staplers,
  • spanners,
  • planes,
  • emery wheels,
  • planers,
  • picks,
  • claw hammers,
  • chain saws,
  • bow saws,
  • pickaxes,
  • table saws,
  • Drills,
  • keyhole saws.

• v.

  •diminishes (verb)
  • decrements,
  • compresses,
  • erodes,
  • minimizes,
  • weeds,
  • diminishes,
  • prunes,
  • decreases,
  • shortens,
  • reduces,
  • lessens,
  • concentrates,
  • dwindles,
  • abridges,
  • pares,
  • bobs,
  • tapers,
  • truncates,
  • downgrades,
  • shaves,
  • compacts,
  • condenses,
  • shrinks,
  • depletes,
  • contracts,
  • nips,
  • abbreviates,
  • lightens,
  • deflates,
  • trims.
  •rejects (verb)
  • curtails,
  • eliminates,
  • bars,
  • disapproves,
  • excises,
  • abandons,
  • ejects,
  • erupts,
  • belches,
  • cuts,
  • checks,
  • discharges,
  • excludes,
  • seeps,
  • disallows,
  • drains,
  • exhausts,
  • blacklists,
  • disgorges,
  • spews,
  • oppugns,
  • emits,
  • rejects,
  • junks,
  • evacuates,
  • Denies,
  • scraps,
  • ejaculates,
  • Culls,
  • disclaims,
  • vents,
  • deep-sixes,
  • secretes,
  • excretes,
  • discards,
  • jilts,
  • Chops,
  • trashes,
  • blackballs,
  • jettisons,
  • lops,
  • vomits,
  • sheds,
  • Clips,
  • crops,
  • exudes.
  •subtracts (verb)
  • docks,
  • depreciates,
  • deducts,
  • deletes,
  • subtracts,
  • lowers,
  • discounts,
  • elides.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • watering can,
  • lawn mower,
  • mower,
  • utensil.
  •
  • sprinkler.
  •seamstress
  • dressmaker.

Paraphrases for Shears:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    scissors.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    clippers.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    techniques, chisels, Grasses, lawns.

Shears Sentence Examples:

• Father was not an adept hand with the shears and the poor beast usually had to part with many a bit of her hide along with her fleece.

• I prune with shears such limbs as rub one another, and am sure it pays.

Homophones for Shears:

• shrug, Showy Orchis, sourish, sericeous, siqueiros, screech, screak, seahorse, scherzo, sewerage, seagrass, shrewish, seiurus, source, saururus, saragossa, scrooge, scours, series, sargasso, scorch, shrike, sea horse, siracusa, syracuse, skew arch, sikorsky, Skagerak, scissors kick, shark, susurrous, sack race, shriek, shirk, shakers, sewage works, scarce, scorsese, SARS, squirearchy, sucrose, sazerac, SIRC, siris, serious, serosa, saururaceae, sorus, Sirach, screw key, saccharase, shag rug, squaw grass, serax, ski race, sugar cookie, susurrus, saccharose, sirius, squarish, sucrase, sea wrack, Skagerrak, sirocco, sawhorse, skreigh, squark, scraggy, sorex, screaky, Sargasso Sea, surge, scores, sorgho, serous, shear's, screw jack, sewer gas, sage grouse, saurosuchus, shiraz, serge, shire horse, sayers, saurischia, skreak, siriasis, sarawak, scourge, scissors, search, surcease, secrecy, screechy, scrag, ski rack, scheuchzeriaceae, sorgo, sciurus.

Hypernym for Shears:

• n.

  • artifact
    snips, clipper, tinsnips, thinning shears, pruning shears.

Hyponym for Shears:

• n.

  • artifact
    pair of scissors, scissors.