: 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. …

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

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 …

His long locks were shorn. The excess weight caused the bolt to shear off. The impact of the crash sheared off the airplane's wing.

shear /ʃɪə/ vb (shears, shearing, sheared, Austral NZ shore, sheared, shorn) (transitive) to remove (the fleece or hair) of (sheep, etc) by cutting or clipping

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

Jan 2, 2026 · /ˈʃɪərɪŋ/ IPA guide Other forms: shearings Definitions of shearing noun removing by cutting off or clipping see more

Dec 8, 2025 · 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.

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

The annual shearing most often occurs in a shearing shed, a facility especially designed to process often hundreds and sometimes more than 3,000 sheep per day. [1] A working group …