Concept cluster: Tools > Scissors and shears
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Pronunciation spelling of hammer. [A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.]
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shears
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(transitive) To cut with a bandsaw.
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(UK, slang) A hammer.
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(surgery) A surgical instrument with serrated jaws and a spring-loaded handle used to grip blood vessels or similar organs.
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Obsolete form of birdbolt. [A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.]
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(transitive) To cut with a circular saw.
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(MLE, slang) Clipping of chete (“knife”). [(MLE, slang) knife, especially one used as a weapon.]
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Obsolete form of scissors. [(countable, usually construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.]
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Obsolete form of scissors. [(countable, usually construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.]
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Synonym of trauma shears
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alligator shear
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A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
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chopping block
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That has an earclip
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Surgical scissors bent in the blade or shank for convenience in cutting.
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To cut with a hacksaw.
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A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
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(figuratively, by extension) A two-pronged method that is commonly deployed, or the two mechanisms used to carry it out.
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to cold-hammer
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The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
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To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent.
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A kind of surgical scissors, often used in the cutting of fascia.
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A kind of surgical scissors for cutting delicate tissue and blunt dissection, having a relatively long shank-to-blade ratio.
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A hand-held tool that is a smaller version of a bolt cutter, the same size as combination pliers, that can be used with one hand.
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(music) A musical instrument consisting of a thin sheet of metal, or sometimes a saw, usually played with a bow.
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a mechanical device used to trim fingernails and toenails
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Small, usually curved scissors used for cutting fingernails, and toenails.
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Alternative form of nail cutter [a mechanical device used to trim fingernails and toenails]
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A variety of pliers with long, narrow extensions of the gripping faces, used to reach into narrow spaces.
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A tool for cutting sheet metal.
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(papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
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A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed
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(chiefly Britain) Small, handheld pruning shears.
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shears
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Scissors used to open wounds, the blade having a button at the end.
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A very strong kind of shears, having removable cutters, and a strong spring at the back.
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(transitive) To fit with new blades.
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A clip or holder, usually a 1 inch alligator clamp, used to hold the end of a hand-rolled marijuana cigarette so it can be smoked without burning the smoker's fingers.
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Scissors that are not particularly sharp and have rounded tips, designed for safe use by children.
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(intransitive) To be cut with a saw.
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(countable, usually construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.
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(chiefly Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Small, handheld pruning shears.
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Anything resembling a pair of shears in shape or motion, such as a pair of wings.
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A tool used by riveters.
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A circular spring, having a small break in its circumference, used as a fastener; a circlip.
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A mousetrap with a spring-activated mechanism that makes it snap shut.
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A swaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a rounded head.
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shears; hand tools used to cut sheet metal and other tough webs
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A device with two jaw-like pincers which is used to remove staples
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(botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
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(by extension) Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.
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(US) Synonym of texturizing shears (UK)
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A type of scissors used in hairdressing that has a serrated edge and which is used to reduce the bulk of a section of hair rather than the length.
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Large, heavily-constructed scissors or shears, operated by hand and used for cutting sheets of metal.
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Synonym of trauma shears
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A kind of scissors with a bent blade, used by paramedics etc. to cut clothing quickly and safely from injured people.
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(mountaineering) A piton hammer
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A hand tool resembling pliers, intended for cutting wires.

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