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What is the noun for shearing?

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shearing
  1. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
  2. The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine.
  3. Alternative form of shearling.
  4. (Scotland) The act or operation of reaping.
  5. The act or operation of dividing with shears.
  6. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
  7. (mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
  8. Synonyms:
shear
  1. A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
  2. The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
  3. (physics) Forces that push in opposite directions.
  4. (geology) The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Using a shear to shear a pumpkin will turn it into a jack-o-lantern.”
shearer
  1. A person employed to remove the wool from sheep using shears.
  2. A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.
  3. Examples:
    1. “This is a general view of the finishing room looking west, prior to shearer installation.”
      “The hide of the animal is taken to a shearer in less than 15 minutes so it does not cool off.”
      “He argued that the typical Australian frontiersman was not a small, individualist farmer but a shearer or drover, and that his outlook was not individualist but collectivist.”
shearling
  1. A sheep that has been shorn for the first time
  2. (chiefly US) A sheepskin or lambskin that has gone through a limited shearing process so that the fibers are of uniform depth
  3. Examples:
    1. “To add warmth to your leather or suede jacket, shearling lining is popular, as is a fur collar.”
      “Doremi, for one, discovered a fine coat of leather with a comfortably warm interior lining of shearling wool displayed upon a clothing stand.”
      “The styles range from a classic wool-cashmere pea coat to a reversible shearling jacket.”
shearwall
  1. (architecture) An element of a wall that resists lateral shear on a building
shearability
  1. The condition or extent of being shearable.
shearman
  1. One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Paramedic Clive Shearman was returning to Droitwich from an incident and took a shortcut through the nearby village of Hadzor.”
      “Rob Shearman, the man credited with bringing the Daleks back to Doctor Who, was announced as the winner of The Readers' Prize for Love Songs For The Shy And Cynical.”
shears
  1. plural of shear
  2. (plural only) A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc
  3. (engineering) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured.
  4. An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. Also sheers.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “She used a pair of shears to trim the overgrown hedges in her backyard.”
shearlings
  1. plural of shearling
shearwalls
  1. plural of shearwall
shearmen
  1. plural of shearman
shearings
shearers
  1. plural of shearer
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