What does "shearing" mean?

The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

What is a synonym for "shearing"?

Common synonyms include: fleece, fleece, abbreviate, abridge, abscind, abstract.

adj, noun, verb

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Noun

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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
removing by cutting off or clipping wordnet
3
The material cut off in this way. countable, uncountable
"the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth"
4
Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions. countable, uncountable
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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6
The act or operation of reaping. Scotland, countable, uncountable
7
The act or operation of dividing with shears. countable, uncountable
"the shearing of metal plates"
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The process of preparing shear steel; tilting. countable, uncountable
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The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal. countable, uncountable