Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shearing

1 sense of shearing

Sense 1
shearing -- (removing by cutting off or clipping)
       => cut, cutting, cutting off -- (the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shear

4 senses of shear

Sense 1
shear -- (cut with shears; "shear hedges")
       => snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back -- (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden")

Sense 2
fleece, shear -- (shear the wool from; "shear sheep")
       => shave, trim -- (cut closely; "trim my beard")

Sense 3
shear -- (cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb")
       => cut -- (separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope")

Sense 4
shear -- (become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain)
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")