The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SHEARING which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2010.
Woolgathering activity? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHEARING | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Woolgathering activity?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shearing
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Crossword Answer definitions
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
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