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sheer
1[ sheer ]
adjective
- transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics:
sheer silk.
Antonyms:
- unmixed with anything else:
We drilled a hundred feet through sheer rock.
Synonyms: , , ,
sheer nonsense.
Synonyms: ,
- extending down or up very steeply; almost completely vertical:
a sheer descent of rock.
Synonyms: ,
- British Obsolete. bright; shining.
adverb
ran sheer into the thick of battle.
Synonyms: ,
- perpendicularly; vertically; down or up very steeply.
noun
- a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
sheer
2[ sheer ]
verb (used without object)
- to deviate from a course, as a ship; swerve.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to sheer.
- Shipbuilding. to give sheer to (a hull).
noun
- a deviation or divergence, as of a ship from its course; swerve.
- Shipbuilding. the fore-and-aft upward curve of the hull of a vessel at the main deck or bulwarks.
- Nautical. the position in which a ship at anchor is placed to keep it clear of the anchor.
sheer
1/ ʃɪə /
adjective
- perpendicular; very steep
a sheer cliff
- (of textiles) so fine as to be transparent
- prenominal absolute; unmitigated
sheer folly
- obsolete.bright or shining
adverb
- steeply or perpendicularly
- completely or absolutely
noun
- any transparent fabric used for making garments
sheer
2/ ʃɪə /
verb
- to deviate or cause to deviate from a course
- intr to avoid an unpleasant person, thing, topic, etc
noun
- the upward sweep of the deck or bulwarks of a vessel
- nautical the position of a vessel relative to its mooring
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
- ˈ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- l adverb
- n noun
yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of sheer1
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Example Sentences
Not only because of especially bright satellites, but just because of their sheer numbers.
And like him, they are operating with sheer ignorance about how it works and why it was brought into existence in the first place.
Like other parts of Myanmar affected by the quake, the community is struggling to deal with the sheer number of bodies.
This wild and impolitic work startled civilized Parisian salons with what sounded like sheer ugliness.
The computer systems of 23andMe have been struggling to cope with the sheer volume of customers racing to delete their data, after the DNA-testing company announced that it was filing for bankruptcy protection.
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