shearing vs shut

shearing

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

  • Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions. 

  • 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. 

adj
  • Tending to cut or tear. 

shut

noun
  • The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together. 

  • The act or time of shutting; close. 

  • A door or cover; a shutter. 

  • A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets. 

adj
  • Closed; not open. 

verb
  • To confine in an enclosed area. 

  • To catch or snag in the act of shutting something. 

  • To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. 

  • To close, to stop being open. 

  • To close, to stop from being open. 

  • To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed. 

How often have the words shearing and shut occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )