What does shearing mean?
Shearing means Tending to cut or tear..
Shearing
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Tending to cut or tear..
Definitions by Sense
- Tending to cut or tear.
- present participle and gerund of shear
- 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.
- Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
- Alternative form of shearling.
- (Scotland) The act or operation of reaping.
- The act or operation of dividing with shears.
Example Sentences
the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth
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 .
the shearing of metal plates
Synonyms for shearing
Antonyms for shearing
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Word Forms
- shearings
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the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth
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