English words for 'Alternative form of shearman.'
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noun
- Alternative form of shearling.
- The act or operation of dividing with shears.
- The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
- (Scotland) The act or operation of reaping.
- Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
- The material cut off in this way.
- (mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
- The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
- removing by cutting off or clipping
adj
verb
noun
- (Australia, shearing) The slowest shearer in the shearing shed; an inexpert or poor shearer.
- (UK, dialect) A turnip.
- (chiefly Ireland, UK) A person who reviews newly built properties to find issues to be remedied before the client buying the home moves in; someone who produces a snag list.
- A tool for lopping superfluous branches from a tree.
- (fishing) A fishing hook consisting of several hooks radiating from a centre.
- A person who works on a snag-boat clearing away obstacles in the river.
noun
noun
- (Australia, shearing, historical) A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
- A display or mass of flowers; a yield.
- (figurative) A display of anything bright or brilliant.
- A strong wind.
- An instance of the act of striking or hitting.
- (uncountable, UK, slang) Cannabis.
- (nautical) An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.
- A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- (uncountable, Chicago dialectal, slang) Heroin.
- (informal) A chance to catch one's breath.
- (uncountable, US, slang) Powder cocaine.
- (informal, vulgar) A blowjob; fellatio.
- (television) Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”).
- (Australia, New Zealand) An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.
- A state of flowering; a bloom.
- A damaging occurrence.
- an impact (as from a collision)
- a strong current of air
- a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
- an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
- street names for cocaine
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
adj
intj
verb
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To fail at; to mess up; to make a mistake in.
- (transitive) To make flyblown; to defile or spoil, especially with fly eggs.
- (ergative, of a fuse) To melt away because of overcurrent, creating a gap in a wire, thus stopping a circuit from operating.
- (transitive, historical, military) To blow from a gun (method of executing a person).
- (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
- (intransitive) To produce an air current.
- (intransitive, stative, slang, sometimes considered vulgar) To be very undesirable.
- To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
- (Scientology, intransitive) To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
- (transitive) To cause the sudden destruction of.
- (intransitive) To suddenly fail or give way destructively.
- (intransitive, slang, informal, African-American Vernacular) To sing.
- (intransitive) To make a sound as a result of being blown.
- (intransitive) (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed (in flesh or meat).
- (transitive, slang) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
- (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform oral sex on (someone); to fellate.
- (transitive) To clear of contents by forcing air through.
- (intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
- (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing (as a musical instrument).
- (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
- (transitive) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
- (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
- (transitive) To create or shape by blowing.
- (transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
- (transitive, figurative) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
- (intransitive, slang, colloquial) To flatulate or defecate.
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- cause to move by means of an air current
- cause air to go in, on, or through
- free of obstruction by blowing air through
- spout moist air from the blowhole
- be blowing or storming
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- shape by blowing
- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
- be inadequate or objectionable
- play or sound a wind instrument
- deposit eggs (of insects)
- burst suddenly
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- sound by having air expelled through a tube
- exhale hard
- provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
- show off
- make a sound as if blown
- spend lavishly or wastefully on
- leave; informal or rude
- cause to be revealed and jeopardized
- allow to regain its breath
noun
- (Australia) The champion shearer of a shearing shed.
- (mining) A crowbar.
- A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other; a look-alike (now usually in the phrase dead ringer).
- A ringer T-shirt.
- (games) In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole.
- (UK, dialect) A top performer.
- (UK, slang) A fraudulently cloned (or cut-and-shut) motor vehicle.
- (slang) Any person or thing that is fraudulent; a fake or impostor.
- (horse racing) A horse fraudulently entered in a race using the name of another horse.
- (sports) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
- Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
- (uncountable, games) A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground.
- (UK, military, informal, in combination) An officer having the specified number of rings (denoting rank) on the uniform sleeve.
- (Australia) A stockman, a cowboy.
- (ornithology) A person who places rings or bands on a bird's leg.
- (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg
- a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
- a person who is almost identical to another
- a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
name
noun
- The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
- (aviation, meteorology, countable) A specific instance of wind shear.
- (aviation, meteorology, uncountable) The phenomenon of wind shear.
- (physics) Forces that push in opposite directions.
- (geology) The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
- (mathematics) A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point's distance from the line.
- A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
- (metalworking) A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.
- (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
- a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
verb
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- cut with shears
- cut or cut through with shears
- (Scotland) To reap, as grain.
- (figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece.
- (mining, intransitive) To make a vertical cut in coal.
- (intransitive, transitive) To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
- (physics) To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- (engineering) (also 'shear off') To break or suddenly separate because of excessive force, eg. a bolt.
- (mathematics) To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- To cut the hair of (a person).
- (aviation, meteorology, intransitive, of wind) To change in direction or speed.
- shear the wool from
- become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
adj
noun
- plural of shear
- Anything resembling a pair of shears in shape or motion, such as a pair of wings.
- A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc.
- An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. Also sheers.
- (engineering) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured.
- large scissors with strong blades
verb
name
name
noun
- A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
- a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
- A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.
- A piece of industrial equipment used to grind up long shafts of coal in underground mines.
- a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
noun
noun
- (slang) A cocksman.
- A player in a game played with a stick (such as hockey or lacrosse).
- (music) A male drummer.
- A simple drawing of a man with lines to represent limbs and torso.
- (US) A person who makes confectionery by pulling candy onto a stick.
- A stick seller, especially of walking sticks.
- A dealer in gambling who gathers the dice with a stick.
noun
- shears for cutting grass or shrubbery
- a fast sailing ship used in former times
- scissors for cutting hair or finger nails
- (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)
- (entomology) An Asian butterfly of species Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.
- (slang) A confidence trickster; a conman.
- Anything or anyone that clips.
- (electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.
- (chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
- (historical) A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.
- (informal) An Alberta clipper.
- (nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.
verb
noun
- Alternative form of shearling.
- The act or operation of dividing with shears.
- The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
- (Scotland) The act or operation of reaping.
- Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
- The material cut off in this way.
- (mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
- The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
- removing by cutting off or clipping
adj
verb
noun
- (Australia, shearing) The slowest shearer in the shearing shed; an inexpert or poor shearer.
- (UK, dialect) A turnip.
- (chiefly Ireland, UK) A person who reviews newly built properties to find issues to be remedied before the client buying the home moves in; someone who produces a snag list.
- A tool for lopping superfluous branches from a tree.
- (fishing) A fishing hook consisting of several hooks radiating from a centre.
- A person who works on a snag-boat clearing away obstacles in the river.
noun
noun
- (Australia, shearing, historical) A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
- A display or mass of flowers; a yield.
- (figurative) A display of anything bright or brilliant.
- A strong wind.
- An instance of the act of striking or hitting.
- (uncountable, UK, slang) Cannabis.
- (nautical) An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.
- A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- (uncountable, Chicago dialectal, slang) Heroin.
- (informal) A chance to catch one's breath.
- (uncountable, US, slang) Powder cocaine.
- (informal, vulgar) A blowjob; fellatio.
- (television) Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”).
- (Australia, New Zealand) An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.
- A state of flowering; a bloom.
- A damaging occurrence.
- an impact (as from a collision)
- a strong current of air
- a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
- an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
- street names for cocaine
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
adj
intj
verb
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To fail at; to mess up; to make a mistake in.
- (transitive) To make flyblown; to defile or spoil, especially with fly eggs.
- (ergative, of a fuse) To melt away because of overcurrent, creating a gap in a wire, thus stopping a circuit from operating.
- (transitive, historical, military) To blow from a gun (method of executing a person).
- (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
- (intransitive) To produce an air current.
- (intransitive, stative, slang, sometimes considered vulgar) To be very undesirable.
- To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
- (Scientology, intransitive) To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
- (transitive) To cause the sudden destruction of.
- (intransitive) To suddenly fail or give way destructively.
- (intransitive, slang, informal, African-American Vernacular) To sing.
- (intransitive) To make a sound as a result of being blown.
- (intransitive) (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed (in flesh or meat).
- (transitive, slang) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
- (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform oral sex on (someone); to fellate.
- (transitive) To clear of contents by forcing air through.
- (intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
- (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing (as a musical instrument).
- (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
- (transitive) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
- (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
- (transitive) To create or shape by blowing.
- (transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
- (transitive, figurative) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
- (intransitive, slang, colloquial) To flatulate or defecate.
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- cause to move by means of an air current
- cause air to go in, on, or through
- free of obstruction by blowing air through
- spout moist air from the blowhole
- be blowing or storming
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- shape by blowing
- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
- be inadequate or objectionable
- play or sound a wind instrument
- deposit eggs (of insects)
- burst suddenly
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- sound by having air expelled through a tube
- exhale hard
- provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
- show off
- make a sound as if blown
- spend lavishly or wastefully on
- leave; informal or rude
- cause to be revealed and jeopardized
- allow to regain its breath
noun
- (Australia) The champion shearer of a shearing shed.
- (mining) A crowbar.
- A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other; a look-alike (now usually in the phrase dead ringer).
- A ringer T-shirt.
- (games) In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole.
- (UK, dialect) A top performer.
- (UK, slang) A fraudulently cloned (or cut-and-shut) motor vehicle.
- (slang) Any person or thing that is fraudulent; a fake or impostor.
- (horse racing) A horse fraudulently entered in a race using the name of another horse.
- (sports) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
- Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
- (uncountable, games) A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground.
- (UK, military, informal, in combination) An officer having the specified number of rings (denoting rank) on the uniform sleeve.
- (Australia) A stockman, a cowboy.
- (ornithology) A person who places rings or bands on a bird's leg.
- (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg
- a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
- a person who is almost identical to another
- a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
noun
- The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
- (aviation, meteorology, countable) A specific instance of wind shear.
- (aviation, meteorology, uncountable) The phenomenon of wind shear.
- (physics) Forces that push in opposite directions.
- (geology) The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
- (mathematics) A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point's distance from the line.
- A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
- (metalworking) A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.
- (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
- a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
verb
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- cut with shears
- cut or cut through with shears
- (Scotland) To reap, as grain.
- (figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece.
- (mining, intransitive) To make a vertical cut in coal.
- (intransitive, transitive) To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
- (physics) To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- (engineering) (also 'shear off') To break or suddenly separate because of excessive force, eg. a bolt.
- (mathematics) To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- To cut the hair of (a person).
- (aviation, meteorology, intransitive, of wind) To change in direction or speed.
- shear the wool from
- become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
adj
noun
- plural of shear
- Anything resembling a pair of shears in shape or motion, such as a pair of wings.
- A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc.
- An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. Also sheers.
- (engineering) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured.
- large scissors with strong blades
verb
noun
- A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
- a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
- A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.
- A piece of industrial equipment used to grind up long shafts of coal in underground mines.
- a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
noun
noun
- (slang) A cocksman.
- A player in a game played with a stick (such as hockey or lacrosse).
- (music) A male drummer.
- A simple drawing of a man with lines to represent limbs and torso.
- (US) A person who makes confectionery by pulling candy onto a stick.
- A stick seller, especially of walking sticks.
- A dealer in gambling who gathers the dice with a stick.
noun
- shears for cutting grass or shrubbery
- a fast sailing ship used in former times
- scissors for cutting hair or finger nails
- (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)
- (entomology) An Asian butterfly of species Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.
- (slang) A confidence trickster; a conman.
- Anything or anyone that clips.
- (electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.
- (chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
- (historical) A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.
- (informal) An Alberta clipper.
- (nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.
verb
noun
- The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
- (aviation, meteorology, countable) A specific instance of wind shear.
- (aviation, meteorology, uncountable) The phenomenon of wind shear.
- (physics) Forces that push in opposite directions.
- (geology) The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
- (mathematics) A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point's distance from the line.
- A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
- (metalworking) A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.
- (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
- a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
verb
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- cut with shears
- cut or cut through with shears
- (Scotland) To reap, as grain.
- (figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece.
- (mining, intransitive) To make a vertical cut in coal.
- (intransitive, transitive) To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
- (physics) To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- (engineering) (also 'shear off') To break or suddenly separate because of excessive force, eg. a bolt.
- (mathematics) To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- To cut the hair of (a person).
- (aviation, meteorology, intransitive, of wind) To change in direction or speed.
- shear the wool from
- become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
adj
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