shearing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun removing by cutting off or clipping
  2. verb cut with shears
    shear.
    • shear hedges
  3. verb shear the wool from
    fleece; shear.
    • shear sheep
  4. verb cut or cut through with shears
    shear.
    • shear the wool off the lamb
  5. verb become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
    shear.

WordNet

Shear"ing noun
Definitions
  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 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.
  3. Same as Shearling. Youatt.
  4. The act or operation of reaping. Scot.
  5. The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
  6. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
  7. (Mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.

Webster 1913