The action of jettisoning items.
Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
The material cut off in this way.
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 process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
Tending to cut or tear.