Found 4 items, similar to shearing.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: shearing
pencukuran
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: shear
gunting besar, mencopot, mencukur, meremukkan ke dalam
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shearing
shearing
n : removing by cutting off or clipping
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Shearing
Shear
\Shear\ (sh[=e]r), v. t. [imp.
Shearedor
Shore;p. p.
Sheared or
Shorn; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shearing.] [OE.
sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran,
scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re,
Gr. ???. Cf.
Jeer,
Score,
Shard,
Share,
Sheer to
turn aside.]
1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like
instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
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Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from
sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.
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2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument;
to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to
shear a fleece.
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Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away.
--Shak.
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3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
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5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See
Shear, n., 4.
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Shearing
\Shear"ing\, n.
1. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing
machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
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2. 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.
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3. Same as
Shearling. --Youatt.
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4. The act or operation of reaping. [Scot.]
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5. The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the
shearing of metal plates.
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6. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
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7. (Mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in
working into a face of coal.
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Shearing machine.
(a) A machine with blades, or rotary disks, for dividing
plates or bars of metal.
(b) A machine for shearing cloth.
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