shearing

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

cutting

shaving

shear

cut

haircut

💇

pruning

clip

clipping

cropping

peeling

fleecing

sheep shearing

snip

trimming

sheep clipping

translational rupturing

Translations

Schur

tonte

cisaillement

esquileo

rasage

esquila

épilation

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: scherynge

In summary

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