adj
Meaning 1
Tending to cut or tear.
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Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
shearing
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CMU ARPABET: SH IH1 R IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The material cut off in this way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth
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noun
Meaning 4
Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Alternative form of shearling.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
The act or operation of reaping.
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Usage: Scotland, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- the shearing of metal plates
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noun
Meaning 8
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, mining
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verb
Meaning 10
present participle and gerund of shear
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 11
removing by cutting off or clipping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cut, cutting, cutting off
Narrower terms: sheepshearing
History
Etymology
From Middle English scherynge; equivalent to shear + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: esquilada — act of clipping fur/hair with shears
- French: tonte — act of clipping fur/hair with shears
- French: tondaison — act of clipping fur/hair with shears
- Russian: стрижка (strižka) — act of clipping fur/hair with shears
- Ukrainian: стри́жка (strýžka) — act of clipping fur/hair with shears