Shearing - English meaning

Shearing – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal).
Usage examples:
Paul has never sheared a sheep before
verb
Break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain.
Usage examples:
The gear sheared and jammed in the rear wheel

noun
A strain produced by pressure in the structure of a substance, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other.
Usage examples:
The water from the upper source is emitted at the same speed as the main flow; there is thus no shear

noun
The activity of cutting the wool off a sheep
Usage examples:
Sheep shearing is a traditional skill., the punitive shearing of convicts, if the shearing of olfac…

Shearing translation into English

Shearing: translate from English into Chinese

剪切, 剪毛

Shearing: translate from English into Dutch

Scheren, Het scheren

Shearing: translate from English into French

Tonte, Rasage

Shearing: translate from English into German

Scheren, Schur, Schafschur

Shearing: translate from English into Hindi

बाल काटना, कर्तन, ऊन कतरना

Shearing: translate from English into Italian

Tosatura

Shearing: translate from English into Korean

전단, 양털깎기의, 양털깎기

Shearing: translate from English into Russian

Стрижка, Сдвиг, Срез, Стрижка овец, Стригущий

Shearing: translate from English into Spanish

Cizallamiento, Esquileo, Trasquiladura

Word origin

Old English sceran (originally in the sense ‘cut through with a weapon’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German scheren, from a base meaning ‘divide, shear, shave’.

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Shearing – similar words

sheared

verb
Cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal).
Usage examples:
Paul has never sheared a sheep before

noun
A strain produced by pressure in the structure of a substance, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other.
Usage examples:
The water from the upper source is emitted at the same speed as the main flow; there is thus no shear

verb
To cut off the hair of an animal or a person
Usage examples:
The barber sheared jim’s hair, just like you’d shear a sheep.

Sheared - all meanings in English

shear

verb
Cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal).
Usage examples:
Paul has never sheared a sheep before

noun
A strain produced by pressure in the structure of a substance, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other.
Usage examples:
The water from the upper source is emitted at the same speed as the main flow; there is thus no shear

noun
Cut or cut through with scissors

Shear - all meanings in English

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