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woordeboek, fjalor, ‏معجم, ‏قاموس, diccionariu, речник, diccionari, diksyonario, diksinario, 字典, gérlyver, slovník, ordbog, woordenboek, shimiyuc p'anca, orðabók, orðbók, dictionnaire, wurdboek, wörterbuch, λεξικό, אוצר מילים, szótár, uqausiit tukingit, dizionario, 字引 , じい, じびき, じて�", ディクショナリー , じり�", じしょ, �'�"かい, ディクショナリ , 사� �, dizionari, recnik, fockleyr, dikshonario, słownik, dicionário, dicţionar, dicziunari, словарь, lolomi fefiloi, foclair, abardair, faclair, briathrachan, pukuntau, leksikon, rečnik, vocabbulariu, diccionario, sí-chazamagâma, ordbok, lexikon, พจนานุกรม, sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, словник, довідник, có tính chất sách vở, geirlyfr, geiriadur, for dictionary;
definisie, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, 定義 , 定义, definice, deskriptordefinition, definitie, määritelmä, définition, ορισμός, �"�'�"ר�", �"�'בל�", meghatározás, definíció, definizione, 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ�'ドロ酢酸 , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, � �의, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght, definishon, definição, definiţie, determinare, definire, определение, definicija, definición, definition, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, diffiniad, darnodiad, for definition;
vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור�'מ� ות, תר�'ום, �"עתק�", �"עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい�"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, �"うどく, ほ�"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ�"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th� nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation;
Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanyano, 阿�"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanskt, albanialainen, Albanais, Albaneesk, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, arbnisht, arbërisht, albán, albanskur, albanska, AlbÚinis, albanese, 알�"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, Alapania, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець, for Albanian;
Arabies, arabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, � าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic;
Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, ‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита�"ць, for Chinese;
Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체�", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech;
Deens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו�'ת שמרים, �"� י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, �"ול� �"י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란�"�, Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน�"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน�"์, � รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b� xã", for Dutch;
‏الاسبرانتو لغة دولية, Esperantu, есперанто, 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, אספר� טו, eszperanto, eszperantó, エスキモー犬 , エスペラント , эсперанто, Eseperano, esperanto, Kiesperanto, � าษาที่ประ�"ิษฐ์ขึ้นเพื่อใช้เป็น� าษากลางในการสื่อสารระหว่างประเทศ ซึ่งรากศัพท์ส่วนใหญ่�, esperanto dili, tiếng etperantô, for esperanto;
Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי� י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란�"�, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス�" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ�", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, �"�랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏المانية, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, �"ερμανός, gjermanisht, �'רמ� י, �'רמ� ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, � าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German;
Grieks, Griek, ‏الإغريقي, ‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו� ית, יו� י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア�", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b� gi� gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l� kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek;
Jood, Hebreeus, Israeliet, hebraishte, ‏يهودي, ‏عبري, ‏اليهودية, ‏اللغة العبرية, ‏العبرية, Hebréu, иврит, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, староеврейски език, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejka, hebrejec, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hebraiskt, juutalainen, hébreu, Hebrieusk, hebräisch, hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברית, עברי, zsidó, héber, izraelita, Eabhrais, ebraico, ebreo, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ�", Ewagh, Ew, Ewnish, hudiu, hebraico, hebreu, ebrèu, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврейский, еврей, древнееврейский, древнееврейский язык, Eperu, hibru, hebreo, dyu, Myahudi, Yahudi, hebreiska, hebreisk, jude, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), � าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, старо�"врейська мова, старо�"врейський, іврит, �"врейський, �"врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebraeg, Hebreaidd, for Hebrew;
Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, ‏الهنغاري, ‏مجري, ‏هنغاري, ‏المجري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, �"ו� �'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian;
Indonesies, indonezian, ‏الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, ‏اللغة الأندونيسية, Indonesiu, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亚语, 印度尼西亞語 , indonéský, indonéština, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesiskt, indonesialainen, indonésien, Yndonesysk, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア�", 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, Indtasisian, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, indones, Indonesyo, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі�"ць, індонезійський, індонезійська мова, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a, for Indonesian;
Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, ‏شخص إيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏الإيطالي, ‏إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, � าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі�"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian;
korean, ‏كوري شمالي, ‏اللغة الكورية, ‏كوري جنوبي, ‏كوري, Coreanu, корейски, корейски език, Koryano, 韩国语, �"國 , 朝鮮語 , korejský, korejec, korejština, Koreaans, koreanskt, coréen, Koreaansk, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτησ, κορεάτικοσ, koreai, 한국, koreano, coréia, a língua coreana, coreean, limba coreeanã, кореец, корейский, Kolea, korejski jezik, korejski, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li, кореянка, коре�"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên, for korean;
gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manský, manština, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, Manninish, Manninagh, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man dili, man adası, менський діалект, менський, for manx;
Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, � ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル�", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B�"-đ� o-nha tiếng B�"-đ� o-nha, for Portuguese;
Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian;
Russies, Rus, ‏الروسية, ‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア�", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian;
Skots, skocez, шотландски, 苏� �兰, skotský, Schots, skotskur, skotlantilainen, écossais, schottisch, σκωτσέζικο, σκωτικόσ, skót, skozur, scozzese, 스�"틀랜�"�, Albinagh, escocês, scoţian, шотландский, škotski jezik, škotski, škotlanđani, escocés, skotsk, iskoçyalı, шотланський, шотландці, шотландський діалект, for Scottish;
塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞�"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ� าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, � าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר�"ית, ספר�"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン�", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン�", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน � าษาและวั�'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ�"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;
Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;
乌克兰, for Ukranian;
Wallies, i uellsit, gjuha e uellsit, shkel premtimin, populli i uellsit, ik pa paguar, ‏ويلزي, ‏الولزية لغة إقليم ويلز, ‏تهرب من دفع الرهان, не си плащам дълга, измъквам се от задължение, уелски език, уелски, 威�"士, 威爾士語 , waleština, waleský, Wels, valisiskt, gallois, walisisch, δεν πληρώνω τα οφειλόμενα, ουάλλοσ, ουαλλικόσ, walesi, Breatnais, gallese, Bretnagh, galês, gallés, limba velşã, din ţara galilor, velş, уэльский, velški jezik, podvaliti, velški, velšanin, galés, walesisk, galler ile ilgili, sözünü tutmamak, gal dili, bahisleri ödemeden kaçmak, şartları yerine getirmemek, ödemeden kaçmak, у�"льський, валлійська мова, валлійці, валлійський, не віддати гроші, Cymreig, for Welsh;

Domain	Definitions
Building & Civil Engineering	A hoisting and loading device consisting of two poles secured together at the top, with a block and tackle, and spread apart at their feet, which when tilted can be used as a boom to raise loads. Source: European Union. (references)
Dream Interpretation	To see shears in your dream, denotes that you will become miserly and disagreeable in your dealings. To see them broken, you will lose friends and standing by your eccentric demeanor. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Sharpness	Wedge; knife edge, cutting edge; blade, edge tool, cutlery, knife, penknife, whittle, razor, razor blade, safety razor, straight razor, electric razor; scalpel; bistoury, lancet; plowshare, coulter, colter; hatchet, ax, pickax, mattock, pick, adze, gill; billhook, cleaver, cutter; scythe, sickle; scissors, shears, pruning shears, cutters, wire cutters, nail clipper, paper cutter; sword; (arms); bodkin; (perforator); belduque, bowie knife, paring knife; bushwhacker; drawing knife, drawing shave; microtome; chisel, screwdriver blade; flint blade; guillotine.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	See the way the handle on her pruning shears matches her gardening clogs? (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)
Lyrics	The one and only Billy Shears ("Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"; performing artist: The Beatles)
Clever	A statesman shears the sheep. A politician skins them. (references; author: unknown)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	The World Market for Hand Saws, Files, Rasps, Pliers, Pincers, Tweezers, Metal Cutting Shears, Pipe Cutters and Similar Hand Tools: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Arsene Lupin Versus Holmlock Shears (reference) Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep (reference) Lasers, Punches, Press Brakes and Shears (reference) Press Brake and Shear Handbook: A Basic Handbook on the Design, Selection and Use of Press Brakes and Shears (reference) The Silk, the Shears and Marina: Or, About Biography (Writings from an Unbound Europe) (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Solar Shears (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Hamilton Beach 76450 Under-Cabinet Opening Center with Shears (reference) Wüsthof Come-A-Part Kitchen Shears (reference) Sabatier Ergonomic Poultry Shears (reference) Corona Clipper FS-4310 Mini Shears (reference) Coopertools 22W 14-1/2-Inch Industrial Shears (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	At Pearl Harbor, soon after the end of her third war patrol, circa 7 February 1943. Her Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Dudley W. Morton, is on the open bridge, in right center. Officer standing at left appears to be the Executive Officer, Lieutenant Richard H. O'Kane. Note: broom lashed to the periscope head, indicating a "clean sweep" of enemy targets encountered; pennant bearing the slogan "Shoot the sunza bitches" and eight small flags, representing claimed sinkings of two Japanese warships and six merchant vessels. Note that the forward radar mast, mounted in front of the periscope shears, has been censored out of this photograph. Credit: NAVY.		At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 10 August 1942. Circles and associated text mark recent alterations to the submarine. Note: Target bearing transmitter on the after bridge deck; antennas for SDa radar (mounted atop the after mast on the periscope shears) and SJ radar (in front of the shears). Credit: NAVY.
	Soldier in doorway with shears and frightened woman at right. Credit: Library of Congress.		Shears at Pensacola Navy Yard. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Sheepshearer cleans blade of his shears, Rosebud County, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress.		Boston and Maine railroad shops at Billerica, Massachusetts. The heavy sections of steel which were once proud boxcars but now fit only for scrap are being cut by these heavy shears so as to be made ready for shipping to steel mills. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Within the gardening hand tool sector, because they are more likely to require replacement, cutting tools such as clippers, shears and pruners account for a high proportion of sales. (references)
Economic History	Egypt	Equipment in demand includes electric drills, angle grinders, belt sanders, orbital sanders, jigsaws, planers, circular saws, portable and fixed shears and cutting discs, and pneumatic hand tools. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (common)	87.88%	116	29,969
Noun (proper)	12.12%	16	87,710
Total	100.00%	132	N/A

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Shears	Last name	2,000	6,628
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "shears".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Shaashgaz	N/A	Biblical	That shears the sheep
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "shears": alligator shears ♦ Garden shears ♦ grape shears ♦ hedge shears ♦ pair of hedge shears ♦ pinking shears ♦ pruning shears ♦ rotary shears ♦ sheep shears ♦ thinning shears. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "shears": sheep-shears.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
shears	154	hedge shears	9
sheep shears	66	kitchen shears	9
grass shears	29	dog shears	9
felco pruning shears	29	power shears	9
cordless grass shears	24	cutting shears	8
metal shears	23	billy shears	8
hair shears	23	metal cutting shears	8
pruning shears	20	lopping shears	7
fiskars pruning shears	20	fromm shears	7
sheet metal shears	17	shears tree	7
thinning shears	16	cement siding shears	7
hair cutting shears	16	professional shears	6
pinking shears	14	grooming shears	6
electric grass shears	14	trauma shears	6
garden shears	13	dog grooming shears	6
centrix shears	13	emt shears	5
electric shears	13	beverly shears	5
barber shears	12	cordless shears	5
anne shears	11	electric shears sheep	5
industrial shears	11	hydraulic shears	5
haircutting shears	9	poultry shears	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "shears"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tranxhë, gërshërë të mëdha, gërshërë krasitjeje (garden pruner, secateurs, shear). (various references)

Arabic		‏مجزات. (various references)

Chinese		剪 (shear, sheared, shearing, sheers, snip, snips). (various references)

Czech		velké nùžky (clippers). (various references)

Danish		saks (scissors), klippesaks. (various references)

Dutch		schaar (pincers, scissors, tongs), walsscharen (shearlines). (various references)

Esperanto		heĝtondilo (hedge clippers, hedge shears). (various references)

Finnish		sakset (scissors). (various references)

French		ciseaux, cisailles (pruning shears), cisaille (shear), bigue (shear-legs, sheerlegs, sheer-legs, sheers). (various references)

German		schere (claw, clippers, divide, nipper, pincer, scissors, scissors [Pl.], shear, wire cutters). (various references)

Greek		ψαλίδι (clipper, scissors). (various references)

Hebrew		מ�'זזים, מספרים (cutters, scissors, secateurs). (various references)

Hungarian		vágógép (cutter, trimmer), nyíróolló. (various references)

Indonesian		gunting (clip, clippers, nipper, scissors). (various references)

Italian		pontone mobile (shear-legs, sheerlegs, sheer-legs, sheers), forbici (clipper, clippers, scissors, snip), cesoie (clipper, pruning shears, secateurs), cesoia (shear). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		金鋏 (tongs). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かなばさみ (tongs). (various references)

Korean		가위 (scissors, shear, sheers). (various references)

Manx		jouish. (various references)

Pig Latin		earsshay

Portuguese		tesouras (clip), tesoura de jardim, tesoura (cramp, scissors, shear), cábrea (shear-legs). (various references)

Romanian		foarfece (claws, clipper, scissors, shear). (various references)

Russian		режущая машина, ножницы (scissors), боковые стенки станины, двунога (bipod). (various references)

Scottish		deamhais, deimheis. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		velike makaze. (various references)

Spanish		tijeras (alligator shears, clippers, scissors), cizalla (shear, shearlines), cabria (shearlegs). (various references)

Swedish		sax (sax, scissors, trap). (various references)

Turkish		metal kesme makası, kırkma makası, büyük makas. (various references)

Ukranian		ножиці (scissors, snippers). (various references)

Welsh		gwellau. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	forfex. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "shears": mishears. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Shears" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ahearns, shaer, shar, Sheare, Shearn, shearp, sheary, sheas, sheat, sheats, Shemar, Shemara, Sherai, Sheratsky, shers, shiar, shikara, shikari, shuar, Shucard. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "shears" (pronounced shē"rz)
3	-ē" r z	biers, buccaneers, Freres, jeers, musketeers, puppeteers, seers, seres, tiers.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: rashes, shares.
	Words within the letters "a-e-h-r-s-s"
	-1 letter: arses, ashes, hares, hears, rases, rheas, sears, share, shear, sheas.
	-2 letters: ares, arse, ears, eras, haes, hare, hear, hers, rase, rash, resh, rhea, sash, sear, seas, sera, sers, shea, shes.
	-3 letters: are, ars, ash, ass, ear, era, ers, ess, hae, has, her, hes, rah, ras, res, sae, sea, ser, sha, she.
	-4 letters: ae, ah.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-h-r-s-s"
	+1 letter: ashlers, bashers, brashes, chasers, crashes, dashers, eschars, harness, hawsers, hearses, kashers, lashers, marshes, mashers, phrases, rashers, rashest, seraphs, shaders, shakers, shapers, sharers, shavers, sherpas, shmears, slasher, smasher, swasher, trashes, washers.
	+2 letters: airsheds, archness, brashest, cashiers, charases, chasseur, clashers, crashers, earshots, flashers, hairless, hamsters, harassed, harasser, harasses, hardness, harmless, harshens, harshest, harslets, harvests, hearsays, hoarsens, hoarsest, hydrases, marishes, mishears, parishes, pharoses, plashers, quashers, rachises, radishes, rashness, ravishes, rehashes, reshapes, reshaves, rewashes, sawhorse, schmears, searches, seashore, senhoras, shammers, sharkers, sharpens, sharpers, sharpest, sharpies, shatters, shearers, slashers, slathers, smashers, splasher, squasher, starches, swashers, swathers, thrashes.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

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