Definition of "shearing" [shearing]

• Describing something (such as a shearing force) that tends to cut or tear. (adjective)
• Present participle of shear. (verb)
• The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. (noun)
• The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine. (noun)
• Alternative form of shearling.. (noun)

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• "For a long while, long after the creature had hurtled away in shearing splinters of radiance, he sat there, legs folded under him in the blaze of 118-degree heat, thinking alternately: This is working, and I am losing my mind."
• "Whitney suffered what is known as a shearing of the brain."
• "The new method of alternative shearing is still a few years away but researcher Michelle Hebard says the possibilities are endless."