Crossword-Solution: SHEARING
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shearing | p. pr. & vb. n. | of Shear |
| Shearing | n. | The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. |
| Shearing | n. | The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth. |
| Shearing | n. | Same as Shearling. |
| Shearing | n. | The act or operation of reaping. |
| Shearing | n. | The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates. |
| Shearing | n. | The process of preparing shear steel; tilting. |
| Shearing | n. | The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SHEARING | anagram | HEARINGS |
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| Baaer's relief | 1 answer |
| State-fair activity | 1 answer |
| Woolgathering activity? | 1 answer |
| Pianist George | 2 answers |
| Popular jazz pianist. | 3 answers |
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Sentences with SHEARING (5)
The next day to that of the declaration, she found Gabriel Oak at the bottom of her garden, grinding his shears for the sheep-shearing.
The Two Devines It was shearing-time at the Myall Lake, In the Droving Days 'Only a pound,' said the auctioneer, Lost 'He ought to be home,' said the old man, 'without there's something amiss.
Jack Dunn of Nevertire It chanced upon the very day we'd got the shearing done, A buggy brought a stranger to the West-o'-Sunday Run; He had a round and jolly face, and he was sleek and stout, He drove right up between the huts and called the super out.
Loathly scab assails the sheep, When chilly showers have probed them to the quick, And winter stark with hoar-frost, or when sweat Unpurged cleaves to them after shearing done, And rough thorns rend their bodies.
Now look, for instance, at the way they serve dogs, cutting off their tails to make them look plucky, and shearing up their pretty little ears to a point to make them both look sharp, forsooth.
Quotes with SHEARING (3)
Hey,” he said. “Hi.” Oh, damn. It was awkward.“What’re you doing?”“Shearing a sheep. It’s cold outside, and I need a new hat.” He paused. “You’re joking, right?”“Yes, Marshall.” I gnawed on my fingers some more and sunk back in my chair.
I want to think about trees. Trees have a curious relationship to the subject of the present moment. There are many created things in the universe that outlive us, that outlive the sun, even, but I can’t think about them. I live with trees. There are creatures under our feet, creatures that live over our heads, but trees live quite convincingly in the same filament of air we inhabit, and in addition, they extend impressively in both directions, up and down, shearing rock and …
If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, New Yorker, NYT, WP, WSJ.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1961–2023).