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Meaning of 'shearing' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shearing [ n.]
- 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; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth.
- Same as Shearling.
- The act or operation of reaping.
- The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
- The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
- The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
2 . Shearing [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Shear

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she shea tree sheading sheaf sheafy sheal shealing shear shearbill sheard

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