shearing
IPA: ʃˈɪrɪŋ
noun
- 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.
- (Scotland) The act or operation of reaping.
- The act or operation of dividing with shears.
- The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
- (mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
- Alternative form of shearling. [A sheep that has been shorn for the first time]
adjective
- Tending to cut or tear.
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Examples of "shearing" in Sentences
- The farmer spent the afternoon shearing the wool from the sheep's back
- The sound of shearing scissors echoed through the barn as the sheep were groomed
- After the shearing was complete, the sheep looked lighter and more comfortable in the summer heat
- The skilled shearing technician worked swiftly to remove the excess hair from the alpaca's coat
- The annual shearing of the llama herd was a chore that the ranchers looked forward to each spring
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