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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

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剪切, 剪毛

Shearing: translate from English into Dutch

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Scheren, Het scheren

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Tonte, Rasage

Shearing: translate from English into German

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Scheren, Schur, Schafschur

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बाल काटना, कर्तन, ऊन कतरना

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Tosatura

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전단, 양털깎기의, 양털깎기

Shearing: translate from English into Russian

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Стрижка, Сдвиг, Срез, Стрижка овец, Стригущий

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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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