shearing

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Adjective

shearing (not comparable)

1. Tending to cut or tear.

Verb

1. present participle of shear#English|shear

Noun

shearing

1. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
2. The material cut off in this way.

   the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth

3. Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
4. Alternative form of shearling.
5. (Scotland) The act or operation of reaping.
6. The act or operation of dividing with shears.

   the shearing of metal plates

7. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
8. (mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.

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