shearing
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
The material cut off in this way.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
shihringSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈʃɪɹɪŋ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The material cut off in this way.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
A sheep that has been shorn for the first time
adjective
Tending to cut or tear.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C2 · Proficient (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The material cut off in this way.
Used this way, shearing is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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A deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves.
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