erect vs shearing

erect

adj
  • Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation. 

  • Having an erect penis. 

  • Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards. 

  • Watchful; alert. 

  • Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc. 

verb
  • To animate; to encourage; to cheer. 

  • To spin up and align to vertical. 

  • To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify. 

  • To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise. 

  • To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. 

  • To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts. 

  • To enter a state of physiological erection. 

  • To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.). 

  • To cause to stand up or out. 

  • To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc. 

shearing

adj
  • Tending to cut or tear. 

noun
  • 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 reaping. 

  • 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. 

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