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shearing

verb , present participle of shear

Synonyms and Antonyms of shearing

1 to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument

it took almost a week to shear all the wool off the flock of sheep

Synonyms of shearing

bobbing, clipping, cropping, cutting, cutting back, docking, lopping (off), nipping, paring, polling, pruning, shaving, snipping, trimming

Words Related to shearing

skiving, whittling

manicuring, mowing

pinching, stumping

curtailing, shortening

Near Antonyms of shearing

elongating, extending, lengthening

2 to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)

the shark's razor-sharp teeth sheared the swimmer's flesh right down to the bone

Synonyms of shearing

cutting, gashing, incising, ripping, slashing, slicing, slitting

Words Related to shearing

crosscutting, hacksawing, sawing, scissoring

cleaving, riving, splitting

piercing, stabbing

bruising, butchering, hacking, haggling, lacerating, mangling

rending, tearing

carving, chipping, chiseling (or chiselling), notching

anatomizing, dissecting, sectioning

chopping, dicing, mincing

amputating, cutting off, severing

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