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Meanings of scissors in anglès
portuguès
tosquiadeira A wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze.
Synonyms
Examples for "shears"
Examples for "shears"
1
If the shears are open, enter; if closed, do not risk it.
2
He wore a short canvas apron and carried pruning-shears in one hand.
3
They had no idea where Ture had disappeared to, with his shears.
4
There was no answer but the crisp snip, snip of the shears.
5
Father followed behind with the shears, cutting and cracking the metal away.
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.
See moreUsage of scissors in anglès
1
Thank God Charlie wasn't here today, with his scissors and his scrapbook.
2
And the Princess Joceliande laughed, and replaced the scissors in her girdle.
3
In the first place, it looks like an ordinary pair of scissors.
4
Please make sure to use hair-trimming scissors to avoid further damaging hair.
5
I cut the stuffing for the Sunday chicken with the scissors, entirely.
6
Last year, a student stabbed another child with a pair of scissors.
7
Hester gazed after him and back at the scissors on the dressing-table.
8
Well, I could always come up with some sort of flint scissors.
9
Work-boxes were now quickly produced, and scissors and thimbles set in motion.
10
From outside came the distinctive sound of scissors being opened and closed.
11
The Linen was taken into the house, and cut up with scissors.
12
Click went the scissors again, and the carpet was still further mutilated.
13
Madame de Montpensier is forgotten; all of her, save her golden scissors.
14
Then she turned the scissors, so as entirely to destroy the eye.
15
A resident holds a pair of scissors while undertaking an unknown task.
16
And then, it seems that they cut your flesh with the scissors.
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Scissors across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common