Definitions
1.verbTo cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
2.verbTo remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
3.verbTo deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
4.verbTo transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
5.verbTo make a vertical cut in the coal.
6.verbTo reap, as grain.
7.verbTo deprive of property; to fleece.