Divide vs. Shear

Divideverb

(transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

Divideverb

(transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.

Divideverb

To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).

Divideverb

To be a divisor of.

Divideverb

(intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.

Divideverb

Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.

Divideverb

To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.

Divideverb

(obsolete) To break friendship; to fall out.

Divideverb

(obsolete) To have a share; to partake.

Divideverb

To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.

Divideverb

To mark divisions on; to graduate.

Divideverb

(music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.

Dividenoun

A thing that divides.

Dividenoun

An act of dividing.

Dividenoun

A distancing between two people or things.

Dividenoun

(geography) A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.

Divideverb

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

Divideverb

To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns.

Divideverb

To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share.

Divideverb

To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.

Divideverb

To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question.

Divideverb

To subject to arithmetical division.

Divideverb

To separate into species; - said of a genus or generic term.

Divideverb

To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.

Divideverb

To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.

Divideverb

To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder.

Divideverb

To cause separation; to disunite.

Divideverb

To break friendship; to fall out.

Divideverb

To have a share; to partake.

Divideverb

To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.

Dividenoun

A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; also called watershed and water parting. A divide on either side of which the waters drain into two different oceans is called a continental divide.

Dividenoun

a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)

Dividenoun

a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

Divideverb

separate into parts or portions;

Divideverb

perform a division;

Divideverb

act as a barrier between; stand between;

Divideverb

come apart;

Divideverb

make a division or separation

Divideverb

force, take, or pull apart;

Divideverb

separate or be separated into parts

Divideverb

separate (something) into portions and share out among a number of people

Divideverb

allocate (different parts of one's time or efforts) to different activities or places

Divideverb

form a boundary between (two people or things)

Divideverb

(of a legislative assembly) separate or be separated into two groups for voting

Divideverb

disagree or cause to disagree

Divideverb

find how many times (a number) contains another

Divideverb

(of a number) be susceptible of division without a remainder

Divideverb

find how many times (a number) is contained in another

Divideverb

(of a number) be contained in a number without a remainder

Dividenoun

a difference or disagreement between two groups, typically producing tension

Dividenoun

a boundary between two things

Dividenoun

a ridge or line of high ground forming the division between two valleys or river systems.

Shearverb

To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.

Shearverb

To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.

Shearverb

(physics) To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.

Shearverb

(Scotland) To reap, as grain.

Shearverb

(figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece.

Shearnoun

A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.

Shearnoun

The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.

Shearnoun

(physics) Forces that push in opposite directions.

Shearnoun

(geology) The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.

Shearadjective

misspelling of sheer

Shearverb

To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.

Shearverb

To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece.

Shearverb

To reap, as grain.

Shearverb

Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.

Shearverb

To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4.

Shearverb

To deviate. See Sheer.

Shearverb

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.

Shearnoun

A pair of shears; - now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears.

Shearnoun

A shearing; - used in designating the age of sheep.

Shearnoun

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.

Shearnoun

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.

Shearnoun

(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves;

Shearnoun

(usually plural) large scissors with strong blades

Shearnoun

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

Shearverb

cut with shears;

Shearverb

shear the wool from;

Shearverb

cut or cut through with shears

Shearverb

cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal)

Shearverb

cut off (something such as hair, wool, or grass), with scissors or shears

Shearverb

have something cut off

Shearverb

break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain

Shearnoun

a strain produced by pressure in the structure of a substance, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other