shearing

About 1.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Tending to cut or tear.
2. verb present participle and gerund of shear
3. noun The act or operation of removing the fleece from a sheep, llama etc. with shears or a shearing machine
4. noun The removal of nap from cloth.
5. noun The material cut off in this way.

   the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth

6. noun Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
7. noun Alternative form of shearling.
8. noun The act or operation of reaping.

Similar words

fleece haircut mowing cutting cup cut rupture burst breakage break

Often followed by

stress force stresses forces and of strength resistance strain

Word family

shear sheared shearer shearers shearing force shears shorn