shearing
verb
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To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
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 material cut off in this way.
Example: the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth
Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
The act or operation of reaping.
adjective
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Tending to cut or tear.
noun
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A sheep that has been shorn for the first time
A sheepskin or lambskin that has gone through a limited shearing process so that the fibers are of uniform depth
Example: Her coat was lined with shearling.