shearing

Short definition from Wiktionary

Adjective

1. 1
   Tending to cut or tear.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of shear

Noun

1. 1
   The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
2. 2
   The material cut off in this way.
3. 3
   Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
4. 4
   Alternative form of shearling.
5. 5
   The act or operation of reaping.
6. 6
   The act or operation of dividing with shears.
7. 7
   The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
8. 8
   The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.