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SHEEPSHEARING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sheepshearing mean? 

SHEEPSHEARING (noun)
  The noun SHEEPSHEARING has 3 senses:

1. the time or season when sheep are shearedplay

2. a festival held at the time sheep are normally shearedplay

3. act of shearing sheepplay

  Familiarity information: SHEEPSHEARING used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHEEPSHEARING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The time or season when sheep are sheared

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("sheepshearing" is a kind of...):

season (a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sheepshearing" is a kind of...):

festival; fete (an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place))


Sense 3

Meaning:

Act of shearing sheep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sheepshearing" is a kind of...):

shearing (removing by cutting off or clipping)


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