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shearing
We have found lemma(root) word of shearing : shear.
Definitions
[ʃɪə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- cut the wool off (a sheep or other animal)
(e.g: Paul has never sheared a sheep before)
- break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain
(e.g: the gear sheared and jammed in the rear wheel)
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Origin
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Old English sceran (originally in the sense ‘cut through with a weapon’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German scheren, from a base meaning ‘divide, shear, shave’
[ʃɪə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a strain produced by pressure in the structure of a substance, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other
(e.g: the water from the upper source is emitted at the same speed as the main flow; there is thus no shear)
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Origin
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Old English sceran (originally in the sense ‘cut through with a weapon’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German scheren, from a base meaning ‘divide, shear, shave’
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