Definitions for shearing
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shearingnoun

   removing by cutting off or clipping

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shearingnoun

   The clipping of fleece from a sheep.

2. shearingadjective

   Describing something (such as a shearing force) that tends to cut or tear.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shearing

   Sheep shearing is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a shearer. Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year (depending upon dialect, a sheep may be said to have been "shorn", "sheared" or "shore" (in Australia)). The annual shearing most often occurs in a shearing shed, a facility especially designed to process often hundreds and sometimes more than 3,000 sheep per day.Sheep are shorn in all seasons, depending on the climate, management requirements and the availability of a woolclasser and shearers. Ewes are normally shorn prior to lambing in the warmer months, but consideration is typically made as to the welfare of the lambs by not shearing during cold climate winters. However, in high country regions, pre lamb shearing encourages ewes to seek shelter among the hillsides so that newborn lambs aren't completely exposed to the elements. Shorn sheep tolerate frosts well, but young sheep especially will suffer in cold, wet windy weather (even in cold climate summers). In this event they are shedded for several nights until the weather clears. Some sheep may also be shorn with stud combs commonly known as cover combs which leave more wool on the animal in colder months, giving greater protection.Sheep shearing is also considered a sport with competitions held around the world. It is often done between spring and summer.

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1. shearing

   Shearing, in physics and engineering, refers to the deformation of a material substance in which parallel internal surfaces slide past one another. It involves the forceful rearrangement of the particles in a substance by slippage within its layers. In the field of animal husbandry, shearing is a process where wool or hair is cut from domestic mammals like sheep. However, the term can also be used in a more general context to denote the act of cutting or trimming something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shearing

   of Shear

2. Shearingnoun

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

3. Shearingnoun

   the product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth

4. Shearingnoun

   same as Shearling

5. Shearingnoun

   the act or operation of reaping

6. Shearingnoun

   the act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates

7. Shearingnoun

   the process of preparing shear steel; tilting

8. Shearingnoun

   the process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal

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1. Shearing

   Shearing in continuum mechanics refers to the occurrence of a shear strain, which is a deformation of a material substance in which parallel internal surfaces slide past one another. It is induced by a shear stress in the material. Shear strain is distinguished from volumetric strain, the change in a material's volume in response to stress. Often, the verb shearing refers more specifically to a mechanical process that causes a plastic shear strain in a material, rather than causing a merely elastic one. A plastic shear strain is a continuous deformation that is irreversible, such that the material does not recover its original shape. It occurs when the material is yielding. The process of shearing a material may induce a volumetric strain along with the shear strain. In soil mechanics, the volumetric strain associated with shearing is known as Reynolds' dilation if it increases the volume, or compaction if it decreases the volume. The shear center is an imaginary point on a section, where a shear force can be applied without inducing any torsion. In general, the shear center is not the centroid. For cross-sectional areas having one axis of symmetry, the shear center is located on the axis of symmetry. For those having two axes of symmetry, the shear center lies on the centroid of the cross-section.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHEARING

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shearing is ranked #84463 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shearing surname appeared 222 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shearing.
   
   94.5% or 210 total occurrences were White.
   3.6% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Anagrams for shearing »

1. hearings

2. hearsing

How to pronounce shearing?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shearing in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shearing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of shearing in a Sentence

1. Jason Verstak:

   Plush carpets are created by cutting the loops and then shearing the tips of the fibers, pile reversal shading is when there appears to be a color difference in the carpet when you walk or vacuum over it. For that reason, plush carpet is generally best used in the master bedroom or other quiet spaces in the home.

2. Richard Baxter:

   He is not drowning His sheep when He washeth them, nor killing them when He is shearing them. But by this He showeth that they are His own and the newshorn sheep do most visibly bear His name or mark, when it is almost worn out and scarce discernible on them that have the longest fleece.

3. Henry David Thoreau:

   If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

4. Neil Shearing:

   The weakness in the global economy that we anticipate over 2019-20 is due primarily to country-specific factors that we believe will cause each of the world's major economic regions to slow, so while a deal between the Neil Shearing and China on trade would clearly be good news, we won't be rushing to change our forecasts.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shearing
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shearing
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shearing
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shearing
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=shearing
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html