shear
shear.01 - slice off, as with scissors
SHEAR-V NOTES: Member of Vncls wipe_instr-10.4.2-1. (from shear.01-v)Aliases:
shear (v.)
shearing (n.)
shearing (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: agent of cutting
ARG1-PPT: thing cut, smaller piece
ARG2-DIR: whole, source
ARG3-MNR: instrument
ARG1-PPT: thing cut, smaller piece
ARG2-DIR: whole, source
ARG3-MNR: instrument
the one example
One old building , the Golden State Bank Building on Front Street , had
its yellow brick facadeARG1
shearedrel
offARGM-PRD
by the shock of the quakeARG3
, leaving a wedge of its third floor open to the air , while piles of dusty bricks tumbled to the street below narrowly missing rush - hour pedestrians and carsARGM-ADV
.ARG0 and ARG2
Rodney SuttonARG0
broke a seven - year - old world record by shearingrel
839 lambsARG2
in nine hoursARGM-TMP
.