shearing

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

Tending to cut or tear.

Verb

present participle and gerund of shear

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
2. (countable, uncountable) The material cut off in this way.
3. (countable, uncountable) Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
4. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of shearling.
5. (Scotland, countable, uncountable) The act or operation of reaping.
6. (countable, uncountable) The act or operation of dividing with shears.
7. (countable, uncountable) The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
8. (countable, uncountable) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.

shear

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Concepts

tonte

cisaillement

rasage

épilation

coulissage

taille

tonte des moutons

coulissement

Synonymes

cutting

shaving

shear

cut

haircut

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pruning

clip

clipping

cropping

peeling

fleecing

sheep shearing

snip

trimming

sheep clipping

translational rupturing

Traductions

Schur

tosatura

tosquia

esquila

esquileo

جز

esquilada

cisallament

جز الصوف

Abschneiden

Schafscheren

Schälung

διάτμηση

Schafschur

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: scherynge

In summary

From Middle English scherynge; equivalent to shear + -ing.