cave in vs shearing

cave in

noun
  • The act of relenting. 

  • The location where something has caved in. 

  • The act of something collapsing or caving in. 

verb
  • To collapse inward or downward. 

  • To relent; to grant approval against one's initial will. 

shearing

noun
  • The act or operation of reaping. 

  • Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions. 

  • The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal. 

  • The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. 

  • The material cut off in this way. 

  • The process of preparing shear steel; tilting. 

  • The act or operation of dividing with shears. 

adj
  • Tending to cut or tear. 

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