Tending to cut or tear.
present participle and gerund of shear
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
The material cut off in this way.
the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth
From Middle English scherynge; equivalent to shear + -ing.
Select a language to see translations
Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.