shear

To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping.

To remove the hair or fleece from.

To cut with or as if with shears.

To divest or deprive as if by cutting.

To use a cutting tool such as shears.

To move or proceed by or as if by cutting.

To become deformed by shear force.

A pair of scissors.

Any of various implements or machines that cut with a scissorlike action.