2syllables
shearing
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Definitions ofshearing
1verb
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
- To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- To make a vertical cut in the coal.
- To reap, as grain.
- To deprive of property; to fleece.
1noun
- The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
- The material cut off in this way.
Example: "the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth"
- Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
- The act or operation of reaping.
- The act or operation of dividing with shears.
Example: "the shearing of metal plates"
- The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
- The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
1adjective
- Tending to cut or tear.
1noun
- A sheep that has been shorn for the first time
- A sheepskin or lambskin that has gone through a limited shearing process so that the fibers are of uniform depth
Example: "Her coat was lined with shearling."
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