shear

(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"

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

cut with shears; "shear hedges"

shear the wool from; "shear sheep"

cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb"

become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain