: an action or stress resulting from applied forces that causes or tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact. …

1. To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping. 2. To remove the hair or fleece from. 3. To cut with or as if with shears: shearing a hedge. 4. To divest or deprive as if by cutting: The …

SHEARING definition: 1. the activity of cutting the wool off a sheep: 2. the process of cutting the hair on a person's…. Learn more.

3 days ago · /ˈʃɪərɪŋ/ IPA guide Other forms: shearings Definitions of shearing noun removing by cutting off or clipping see more

One careful handful at a time, he began cutting off his hair, shearing it off as close to his scalp as he could.

Sep 28, 2024 · shearing (countable and uncountable, plural shearings) The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

Shearing refers primarily to the act of cutting off the wool, hair, or other fibers from an animal, especially sheep. It can also mean cutting or trimming something with scissors or a similar …

verb (used without object) sheared, sheared, shorn, shearing. to cut or cut through something with a sharp instrument. to progress by or as if by cutting. The cruiser sheared through the water. …

SHEAR definition: 1. to cut the wool off a sheep: 2. to cut the hair on a person's head close to the skin…. Learn more.

Definition of shear verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.