Shearing
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:13 pts8 letters
Definition of Shearing
verb
- 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.
- To make a vertical cut in the coal.
noun
- 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.
"the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth"
- Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
- The act or operation of reaping.
- The act or operation of dividing with shears.
"the shearing of metal plates"
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