The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SHEARING
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More clues leading to the result SHEARING
- Rambling gains her a job on the farm
- Son listening to pianist George
- Cutting off lady on telephone call
- Second audience for pianist
- Beginning to stand trial for activity on farm
- That woman has a piece of jewellery for cutting
- Cutting last of remarks before trial
- Cutting losses at last, prior to trial
- Cutting off the lady on a telephone call
- Cutting remarks finishing trial
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "a job on the farm" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a job on the farm = shearing.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SHEARING mean?
SHEARING verb- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
- To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- 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 make a vertical cut in the coal.
- To reap, as grain.
- To deprive of property; to fleece.
- 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.
- Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
- The act or operation of reaping.
- The act or operation of dividing with shears.
- The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
- The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
- Tending to cut or tear.
- A sheep that has been shorn for the first time
- A sheepskin or lambskin that has gone through a limited shearing process so that the fibers are of uniform depth