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ALL meanings of sheer

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  • adjective sheer utter 1
  • adjective sheer pure 1
  • adjective sheer only, just 1
  • adjective sheer fabric: fine, thin 1
  • adjective sheer cliff: steep, vertical 1
  • adverb sheer vertically 1
  • adverb sheer completely 1
  • intransitive verb sheer nautical: change course 1
  • adjective sheer transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings. 1
  • adjective sheer unmixed with anything else: We drilled a hundred feet through sheer rock. 1
  • adjective sheer unqualified; utter: sheer nonsense. 1
  • adjective sheer extending down or up very steeply; almost completely vertical: a sheer descent of rock. 1
  • adjective sheer British Obsolete. bright; shining. 1
  • adverb sheer clear; completely; quite: ran sheer into the thick of battle. 1
  • adverb sheer perpendicularly; vertically; down or up very steeply. 1
  • noun sheer a deviation or divergence, as of a ship from its course; swerve. 1
  • noun sheer Shipbuilding. the fore-and-aft upward curve of the hull of a vessel at the main deck or bulwarks. 1
  • noun sheer Nautical. the position in which a ship at anchor is placed to keep it clear of the anchor. 1
  • verb without object sheer to deviate from a course, as a ship; swerve. 1
  • verb with object sheer to cause to sheer. 1
  • verb with object sheer Shipbuilding. to give sheer to (a hull). 1
  • adjective sheer You can use sheer to emphasize that a state or situation is complete and does not involve or is not mixed with anything else. 0
  • adjective sheer A sheer cliff or drop is extremely steep or completely vertical. 0
  • adjective sheer Sheer material is very thin, light, and delicate. 0
  • adjective sheer perpendicular; very steep 0
  • adjective sheer (of textiles) so fine as to be transparent 0
  • adjective sheer absolute; unmitigated 0
  • adjective sheer bright or shining 0
  • adverb sheer steeply or perpendicularly 0
  • adverb sheer completely or absolutely 0
  • noun sheer any transparent fabric used for making garments 0
  • verb sheer to deviate or cause to deviate from a course 0
  • verb sheer to avoid an unpleasant person, thing, topic, etc 0
  • noun sheer the upward sweep of the deck or bulwarks of a vessel 0
  • noun sheer the position of a vessel relative to its mooring 0
  • adjective sheer very thin; transparent; diaphanous 0
  • adjective sheer not mixed or mingled with anything else; pure 0
  • adjective sheer absolute; downright; unqualified; utter 0
  • adjective sheer perpendicular or extremely steep, as the face of a cliff 0
  • adverb sheer completely; utterly; outright 0
  • adverb sheer perpendicularly or very steeply 0
  • noun sheer thin, fine material, or a curtain, etc. made of it 0
  • intransitive verb sheer to turn aside sharply from a course; swerve 0
  • verb transitive sheer to cause to sheer 0
  • noun sheer a sudden change of course; abrupt turn; swerve 0
  • noun sheer the oblique heading or position of a ship riding at a single bow anchor 0
  • noun sheer the upward curve of a ship's deck toward the bow and stern, as seen from the side 0
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