shearing

Etymology
From ; equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1) Tending to cut or tear.

Noun

 * 1) The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
 * 2) The material cut off in this way.
 * 3) Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
 * 4)  The act or operation of reaping.
 * 5) The act or operation of dividing with shears.
 * 6) The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
 * 7)  The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
 * 1) The act or operation of dividing with shears.
 * 2) The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
 * 3)  The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
 * 1)  The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.

Derived terms

 * shearing shed

Translations

 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: стри́жка