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
- People gathered to see sheep shearing.
- He is known for shearing sheep prettily.
- I have seen a vet shearing fur of animals.
- There will be sheep shearing demonstrations.