shear

To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.

shear the llamas

To cut the hair of (a person).

shear the afro off someone's head

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

So trenchant was the Templar’s weapon, that it shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace, which the ill-fated Saxon reared to parry the blow, and, descending on his head, levelled him with the earth.

the golden tresses […] were shorn away

To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.

To change in direction or speed.

The total along-the-runway wind component sheared from an 8-knot headwind to about a 56-knot tailwind over a 44-second period.

A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.

short of their wool, and naked from the shear

A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.

The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.

After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; […] at the expiration of another year, he is a three-shear ram; the name always taking its date from the time of shearing.

Forces that push in opposite directions.

The phenomenon of wind shear.

The first effect of a wind shear was detected at 34 to 42 seconds into the takeoff, at a speed of about 115 KIAS with the airplane about 3,800 feet down the runway. An average shear rate of about 2.5 knots per second resulted in an interruption in acceleration at this point with the airspeed remaining at 115 to 120 KIAS for 7 to 10 seconds.

Misspelling of sheer.