| NOUN | act | shearing | removing by cutting off or clipping |
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| Sounds | shih'rihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Removing by cutting off or clipping. | |
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| Narrower | sheepshearing | Act of shearing sheep |
| Broader | cut, cutting, cutting off | The act of shortening something by chopping off the ends |
| Spanish | esquila, esquileo, trasquiladura | |
| Catalan | cisallament, esquilada, tosa | |
| Verbs | shear | cut with shears |
| shear | cut or cut through with shears | |
| shear | shear the wool from | |
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