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 Translation for 'shears' from English to Spanish
NOUN   a shear | shears
VERB   to shear | sheared / shore | shorn / sheared
shearing | shears
herram.hort.
podaderas {f.pl}
shears {pl} [large garden scissors used with both hands]
herram.hort.
tijeras {f.pl} de podar
shears {pl} [large garden scissors used with both hands]
herram.
cizallas {f.pl}
shears {pl} [large scissors]
herram.tec.
cizalla {f} [para cortar metal]
plate shears {pl} [one pair]
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Usage Examples English
  • The safety requirements for other powered metalworking shears are contained in ANSI B11.4, but alligator shears are specifically exempted from that standard.
  • Gunnar borrows Einar's fish-carving shears and recognizes the decorated pair of shears as uncannily similar to those he buried with his wife Snjófridur (Angela Heck).
  • Snips and shears are used for cutting metal. Various types of snips and shears are used for different metals and thicknesses.
  • Scissors and shears made by Ernest Wright are marketed to artisans, hobbyists and collectors.
  • Some well preserved shears were found in the grave of an adult male (aged between 20 – 30 years) at the site.

  • A groom lies with the wife of King Agilulf, who learns the fact, keeps his own counsel, finds out the groom and shears him. The shorn shears all his fellows and so comes safe out of the scrape.
  • Blade shears are similar to scissors, and although most have the hinge at the back of the shears rather than the center, some still have the hinge in the center, e.g.
  • A specialized type of hair-cutting shears known as texturizing shears are used to reduce hair thickness, to create texturizing effects, or to blend layered hair.
  • The company was unable to obtain castings for the shears due to the fact that all the foundries were backlogged with orders, just as the machine tool manufacturers were.
  • "Click Go the Shears" is a traditional Australian bush ballad. The song details a day's work for a sheep shearer in the days before machine shears.

  • In 2006 and 2007 the company brought sewing shears, utility knives, chef shears, hobby knives and a titanium-bonded, spring-assisted pruner to market.
  • Special kinds of shears include pinking shears, which have notched blades that cut cloth to give it a wavy edge, and thinning shears, which have teeth that thin hair rather than trim it.
  • Burgon & Ball is an old Sheffield firm which originally made shears, scissors and knives.
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