Definitions
1.verbTo cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
2.verbTo remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
3.verbTo deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
4.verbTo transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
5.verbTo make a vertical cut in the coal.
6.verbTo reap, as grain.
7.verbTo deprive of property; to fleece.
8.nounThe act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
9.nounThe material cut off in this way."the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth"
10.nounDeformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
11.nounThe act or operation of reaping.
12.nounThe act or operation of dividing with shears."the shearing of metal plates"
13.nounThe process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
14.nounThe process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
15.adjectiveTending to cut or tear.
16.nounA sheep that has been shorn for the first time
17.nounA 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."