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Definition of 'shearing'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) shearing
removing by cutting off or clipping

Definition of 'shearing'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) shearing
the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth

2. (noun) shearing
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

3. (noun) shearing
same as Shearling

4. (noun) shearing
the act or operation of reaping

5. (noun) shearing
the act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates

6. (noun) shearing
the process of preparing shear steel; tilting

7. (noun) shearing
the process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal

8. shearing
of Shear

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