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afschuiven — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • shear verb To cut the wool off a sheep or similar animal.

Senses

afschuiven is used for these senses in English:

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

shear — full definition

  1. verb To cut the wool off a sheep or similar animal.
  2. verb To cut through something cleanly, or to break suddenly under sideways force.
  3. noun A force that pushes two parts of an object in opposite, parallel directions.
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