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Definitions for Sheer

[1] transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings.
[2] unmixed with anything else: We drilled a hundred feet through sheer rock.
[3] unqualified; utter: sheer nonsense.
[4] extending down or up very steeply; almost completely vertical: a sheer descent of rock.
[5] British Obsolete . bright; shining.
[6] clear; completely; quite: ran sheer into the thick of battle.
[7] perpendicularly; vertically; down or up very steeply.
[8] a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
[9] to deviate from a course, as a ship; swerve.
[10] to cause to sheer.
[11] Shipbuilding . to give sheer to (a hull).
[12] a deviation or divergence, as of a ship from its course; swerve.
[13] Shipbuilding . the fore-and-aft upward curve of the hull of a vessel at the main deck or bulwarks.
[14] Nautical . the position in which a ship at anchor is placed to keep it clear of the anchor.
[15] perpendicular; very steep a sheer cliff
[16] (of textiles) so fine as to be transparent
[17] (prenominal) absolute; unmitigated sheer folly
[18] obsolete bright or shining
[19] steeply or perpendicularly
[20] completely or absolutely
[21] any transparent fabric used for making garments
[22] to deviate or cause to deviate from a course
[23] (intr) to avoid an unpleasant person, thing, topic, etc
[24] the upward sweep of the deck or bulwarks of a vessel
[25] nautical the position of a vessel relative to its mooring

Words related to Sheer

outright, unadulterated, simple, unmitigated, pure, unalloyed, lacy, translucent, gauzy, chiffon, precipitate, erect, perfect, gross, complete, confounded, blessed, rank, single, total

Words nearby Sheer

sheepshearing, sheepskin, sheepswool sponge, sheeptick, sheepwalk, sheer, sheer plan, sheerlegs, sheerness, sheers, sheesh

Origin of Sheer

21620–30; special use of sheer1; compare sense development of clear

Words that may be confused with Sheer

shear, sheer

Other words from Sheer

sheer·ly , adverb
sheer·ness , noun

Word origin for Sheer

C17: perhaps variant of shear

Synonyms for Sheer

erect, precipitate, arduous, headlong, perpendicular, precipitous, sideling, upright