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Noun: shearing  shi(-u)-ring
  1. Removing by cutting off or clipping
Verb: shear  shir [N. Amer], shi-u(r) [Brit]
  1. Cut to the desired shape or thickness using shears
    "shear hedges"
     
  2. Shave the wool from
    "shear sheep"
    - fleece
     
  3. Cut or cut through with shears
    "shear the wool off the lamb"
     
  4. Become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain

Derived forms: shearings

See also: shearer, shears

Type of: change, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cutting, cutting off, dress, lop, prune, shave, snip, trim

Encyclopedia: Shear

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