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shearings

shearings is the plural of shearing.

Meaning of shearing

Noun

shearing (countable and uncountable, plural shearings)

  1. The act or operation of removing the fleece from a sheep, llama etc. with shears or a shearing machine
  2. The removal of nap from cloth.
  3. The material cut off in this way.
    • the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth
  4. Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
  5. (Scotland) The act or operation of reaping.
  6. The act or operation of dividing with shears.
    • the shearing of metal plates

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Questions about shearings

What is shearings the plural of?
Shearings is the plural of shearing.

Words near shearings in the dictionary

  1. shearfree
  2. Shearin
  3. shearing
  4. shearing shed
  5. shearing sheds
  6. shearings
  7. shearinine
  8. Shearins
  9. Shearlaw
  10. shearleg
  11. shearlegs

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