different between shearing vs cutting

English

Etymology

From Middle English scheryng; equivalent to shear +? -ing.

Adjective

shearing (not comparable)

1. Tending to cut or tear.

Verb

shearing

1. present participle of shear

Noun

shearing (countable and uncountable, plural shearings)

1. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
2. The material cut off in this way.

3. Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
4. Alternative form of shearling.
   • 1864, William Youatt, The Complete Grazier and Farmer's and Cattle-Breeder's

     When male sheep have been castrated , they are termed — from the period of weaning to that of shearing — wether , or wedder or shear hogs or tegs, then shearings , shearlings , dinmonts , & c .

5. (Scotland) The act or operation of reaping.
6. The act or operation of dividing with shears.

7. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
8. (mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.

Anagrams

• gnashier, hearings, hearsing

English

Etymology

From cut +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?k?t??/
• Rhymes: -?t??
• Hyphenation: cut?ting

Noun

cutting (countable and uncountable, plural cuttings)

1. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
2. (countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
   1. (countable) A newspaper clipping.
   2. (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
3. (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.

4. (countable, Britain) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.

   Synonym: cut

   Antonym: embankment
5. (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
6. (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
7. (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.

Derived terms

• cost cutting, cost-cutting

Translations

Adjective

cutting (not comparable)

1. That is used for cutting.
2. Piercing, sharp.
3. Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful.
4. (India) Of a beverage: half-sized.

Hyponyms

• cross-cutting

Translations

Verb

cutting

1. present participle of cut

References

Further reading

• cut (earthmoving) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cutting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cutting (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cutting (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia