shearing (English, noun)
expansion: shearing (countable and uncountable, plural shearings)
Senses:
glosses: The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: The material cut off in this way.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: Alternative form of shearling.
tags: alt-of
alternative
countable
uncountable
glosses: The act or operation of reaping.
tags: Scotland
countable
uncountable
glosses: The act or operation of dividing with shears.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: business
mining
glosses: The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: shearings
tags: plural