shearing vs watery

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. 

watery

adj
  • Tearful. 

  • Diluted or having too much water. 

  • Weak and insipid. 

  • Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water. 

  • Resembling or characteristic of water. 

  • Wet, soggy or soaked with water. 

  • Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc. 

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