SHEARING
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Scrabble
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WWF
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Definition
verb
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
- To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
noun
- The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
- The material cut off in this way.“the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth”
- Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
adjective
- Tending to cut or tear.
noun
- A sheep that has been shorn for the first time
- A sheepskin or lambskin that has gone through a limited shearing process so that the fibers are of uniform depth“Her coat was lined with shearling.”
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: SHEARING-S
