Thesaurus: shearing

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Shear
2. n. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
3. n. 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.
4. n. Same as Shearling.
5. n. The act or operation of reaping.
6. n. The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
7. n. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
8. n. The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
9. n. removing by cutting off or clipping
10. The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into aface of coal. Shearing machine. (a) A machine with blades, or rotarydisks, for dividing plates or bars of metal. (b) A machine forshearing cloth.
11. j:56/n:44 n. removing by cutting off or clipping