The meaning of SHEAR is to cut off the hair from. How to use shear in a sentence.

1. To remove (fleece or hair) by cutting or clipping. 2. To remove the hair or fleece from. 3. To cut with or as if with shears: shearing a hedge. 4. To divest or deprive as if by cutting: The …

SHEARING definition: 1. the activity of cutting the wool off a sheep: 2. the process of cutting the hair on a person's…. Learn more.

2 days ago · shearing (countable and uncountable, plural shearings) The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

4 days ago · /ˈʃɪərɪŋ/ IPA guide Other forms: shearings Definitions of shearing noun removing by cutting off or clipping see more

One careful handful at a time, he began cutting off his hair, shearing it off as close to his scalp as he could.

Shearing refers primarily to the act of cutting off the wool, hair, or other fibers from an animal, especially sheep. It can also mean cutting or trimming something with scissors or a similar …

Animal Husbandry the act or process of shearing or being sheared. Animal Husbandry a shearing of sheep (used in stating the age of sheep): a sheep of one shear.

SHEAR definition: 1. to cut the wool off a sheep: 2. to cut the hair on a person's head close to the skin…. Learn more.

verb (used with object) sheared, sheared, shorn, shearing. to cut (something). to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument. to shear wool from sheep. to cut or clip the …