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shear

 (shîr)
v. sheared, sheared or shorn (shôrn), shear·ing, shears
v.tr.
1. To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping.
2. To remove the hair or fleece from.
3. To cut with or as if with shears: shearing a hedge.
4. To divest or deprive as if by cutting: The prisoners were shorn of their dignity.
v.intr.
1. To use a cutting tool such as shears.
2. To move or proceed by or as if by cutting: shear through the wheat.
3. Physics To become deformed by shear force.
n.
1. often shears
a. A pair of scissors.
b. Any of various implements or machines that cut with a scissorlike action.
2. The act, process, or result of shearing, especially when used to indicate a sheep's age: a two-shear ram.
3. Something cut off by shearing.
4. also sheers (shîrz)(used with a sing. or pl. verb) An apparatus used to lift heavy weights, consisting of two or more spars joined at the top and spread at the base, the tackle being suspended from the top.
5. Physics
a. See shear force.
b. See shear strain.
c. See shear stress.
[Middle English scheren, from Old English sceran; see sker- in Indo-European roots. N., from Middle English shere, from Old English scēar; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]
shear′er n.

Shear·ing

 (shîr′ĭng), Sir George Albert 1919-2011.
British jazz pianist and composer whose signature sound is marked by a unique quintet arrangement that includes bass, guitar, drums, and vibraphone.
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shearing

(ˈʃɪərɪŋ)
n
(Agriculture) the act of shearing a sheep or flock of sheep
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.shearing - removing by cutting off or clippingshearing - removing by cutting off or clipping
cutting off, cutting, cut - the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut"
sheepshearing - act of shearing sheep
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Translations

shearing

[ˈʃɪərɪŋ]
A. N → esquileo m shearings → lana fsing esquilada
B. CPD shearing machine N → esquiladora f
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shearing

n → (Schaf)schur f; shearings → Schur- or Scherwolle f

shearing

:
shearing machine
n → Schermaschine f
shearing time
n → Schurzeit f, → Zeit f → der Schafschur
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shearing

[ˈʃɪərɪŋ] n → tosatura
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At shearing time, wishing to take his fleece and to avoid expense, she sheared him herself, but used the shears so unskillfully that with the fleece she sheared the flesh.
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