Definition of "shearing"

Tending to cut or tear.  examples

present participle and gerund of shear  examples

The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.  examples

The material cut off in this way.  examples

Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.  examples

Alternative form of shearling.  quotations  examples

(Scotland) The act or operation of reaping.  examples

The act or operation of dividing with shears.  examples

The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.  examples

(mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.  examples