shearing

1. The act or operation of removing the fleece from a sheep, llama etc. with shears or a shearing machine (countable, uncountable)
2. The removal of nap from cloth. (countable, uncountable)
3. The material cut off in this way. (countable, uncountable) · the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth
4. Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions. (countable, uncountable)
5. The act or operation of dividing with shears. (countable, uncountable) · the shearing of metal plates
6. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting. (countable, uncountable)
7. The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal. (countable, uncountable)

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