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Shearing

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to cut or tear. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    removing by cutting off or clipping wordnet
  3. 3
    The material cut off in this way. countable, uncountable

    "the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth"

  4. 4
    Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Alternative form of shearling. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "When male sheep have been castrated , they are termed — from the period of weaning to that of shearing — wether , or wedder or shear hogs or tegs, then shearings , shearlings , dinmonts , & c ."

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  1. 6
    The act or operation of reaping. Scotland, countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    The act or operation of dividing with shears. countable, uncountable

    "the shearing of metal plates"

  3. 8
    The process of preparing shear steel; tilting. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shear form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English scherynge; equivalent to shear + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English scherynge; equivalent to shear + -ing.

Etymology 3

From Middle English scherynge; equivalent to shear + -ing.

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