shearing vs turndown

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. 

turndown

adj
  • Capable of being turned down, or decreased in intensity. 

  • Made to wear with the upper part turned down. 

noun
  • The operational range of a device 

  • A downturn. 

  • A rejection. 

  • A downward pointing extension to a vehicle muffler. 

  • The service of turning down the bedcovers and often leaving chocolates, etc., on the pillow. 

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