/ Dictionary / Index S shearwater: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: shear•wa•ter Pronunciation: (shēr'wô"tur, -wot"ur), [key] — n. any of several long-winged petrels of the genus Puffinus that appear to shear the water with their wing tips when flying low. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: shearwater (Thesaurus) shear transformation shear zone Related Content Daily Word Quiz: acquiesce Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language