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Definition of 'shearing'English
Adjective
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Tending to cut or tear.
Verb
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Noun
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The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine.
- the whole shearing''' of a flock; the '''shearings from cloth
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- (Youatt)
(Scotland) The act or operation of reaping.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
- the shearing of metal plates
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
(mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
( Webster 1913)
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