Shears may refer to:

Cutting devices

* Scissors, also called shears *

Hair-cutting shears Hair-cutting shears are scissors that are specifically designed for cutting hair. They are also known as barber shears, hairdressing shears, or hair shears. They range in size from about 5 to 7 inches (13 to 18 cm) long and commonly have an appen ...

* Blade shears, typically used for shearing animals *

Grass shears Grass shears differ from pruning shears in being long-handled and having the handles at right-angles to the blades. They can be used to cut grass from a standing position. Two kinds are available: with the blades horizontal and with the blades ve ...

, for lawn trimming *

Kitchen shears Scissors are hand-operated shearing tools. A pair of scissors consists of a pair of metal blades pivoted so that the sharpened edges slide against each other when the handles (bows) opposite to the pivot are closed. Scissors are used for cutti ...

, scissors used in the kitchen for food preparation *

Pinking shears Pinking shears are scissors with saw-toothed instead of straight blades. They produce a zigzag pattern instead of a straight edge. Before pinking scissors were invented, a pinking punch or pinking iron was used to punch out a decorative hem o ...

, scissors the blades of which are sawtoothed instead of straight; they leave a zigzag pattern instead of a straight edge *

Pruning shears Pruning shears, also called hand pruners (in American English), or secateurs (in British English), are a type of scissors for use on plants. They are strong enough to prune hard branches of trees and shrubs, sometimes up to two centimetres thic ...

, for cutting branches and stems *

Snips Snips, also known as shears, are hand tools used to cut sheet metal and other tough webs. It is a cutting tool. Workers use various types of snips, either straight or blend one be obtained. The straight or bent being not only for straight cuts b ...

, for cutting metal *

Trauma shears Trauma shears, also known as Tuff Cuts (a brand name), are a type of scissors used by paramedics and other emergency medical personnel to quickly and safely cut clothing from injured people. They usually consist of a plastic handle with a metal bl ...

, scissors used by emergency medical personnel to cut clothing

People

Albert Shears Albert Edward Shears (12 May 1900 – April quarter 1954) was an English footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, ...

(born 1900), English footballer * Augustus Shears (1827–1911), English clergyman *

Curtis Shears Curtis Shears (July 4, 1901 – July 30, 1988) was an American fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Ange ...

(1901–1988), American Olympic fencer * Ernest Shears (1849–1917), Anglican clergyman in South Africa * George Shears (1890–1978), Major League Baseball pitcher *

Jake Shears Jake Shears (born October 3, 1978) is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known as the male lead singer of pop-rock band Scissor Sisters. Early life Shears was born in Mesa, Arizona, the son of an entrepreneur father and a Baptist moth ...

(born 1978), lead vocalist for the American music group Scissor Sisters *

Philip James Shears Major-General Philip James Shears CB (1887–1972) was a senior officer in the British Army. He was born on 6 April 1887 in Surbiton, Surrey, the only son of James Charles Shears, a mechanical engineer from Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, and Beat ...

(1887–1972), British Army officer *

Stevie Shears Stevie Shears (born 1954/1955) is an English musician known for playing in the rock bands Tiger Lily and Ultravox! (later Ultravox), as well as being part of the bands Faith Global and Cowboys International. Biography Tiger Lily and Ultravox ...

(born c. 1950), musician known for playing in English rock bands Tiger Lily and Ultravox * Tara Shears (born 1969), English physicist * Daniel Towers Shears (1784–1860), English coppersmith and inventor * James Shears (c1750-1820), English coppersmith * James Henry Shears (1788–1855), English coppersmith and entrepreneur

In fiction

* Sally Shears (also known as Molly Millions), a recurring character in stories and novels written by William Gibson

Other

* Shears (moth), European moth of the family Noctuidae *

Golden Shears The Golden Shears International Shearing and Woolhandling Championships is the world's most prestigious sheep shearing event. It was founded in Masterton, New Zealand, and been held in the town's War Memorial Stadium each March since 1961. It in ...

, sheep shearing event

Cutting devices

People

In fiction

Other

See also