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shearing
 
Noun shearing has 1 sense
  1. shearing - removing by cutting off or clipping
    --1 is a kind of     cut, cutting, cutting off
    --1 has particulars: sheepshearing
    Derived forms: verb shear2, verb shear3, verb shear1
Verb shear has 3 senses
  1. shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges"
    --1 is one way to     snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
    Derived forms: noun shear2, noun shearer2, noun shearing1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. fleece, shear - shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
    --2 is one way to shave, trim
    Derived forms: noun shear2, noun shearer3, noun shearing1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. shear - cut or cut through with shears
    --3 is one way to     cut
    Derived forms: noun shear3, noun shearer2, noun shearing1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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