sheer

Speech parts

1. sheer - Noun

2. sheer - Adjective

3. sheer - Verb

4. sheer - Adverb

6. sheer - Adjective Satellite

7. Sheer - Proper noun

Meaning

To shear.

Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.

Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.

Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.

Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.

Clean; quite; at once.

To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle.

The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.

The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.

A turn or change in a course.

Shears See Shear.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

diaphanous see-through pure absolute vertical thin mere transparent steep downright unmitigated gauzy unmixed out-and-out bluff
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Antonyms

strong heavy impure poor slow false
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Hypernyms

point head direct turn guide maneuver

Hyponyms

yaw peel off

Phrases with the word

sheer khurma sheer size sheer drop by sheer chance sheer arts by sheer luck

Derivatives

sheered sheering

Anagrams

herse Esher Rhees Shere Heres

Examples

Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a ripe tree. What the general reader or the critic makes of them is not my concern. Henry Miller

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

If you confront anyone who has lied with the truth, he will usually admit it - often out of sheer surprise. It is only necessary to guess right to produce your effect. Agatha Christie

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror. Oscar Wilde

Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street. James Thurber

It is sheer folly to expect justice from the unprincipled. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

sheepy Sheepy Magna Sheepy Parva sheer amount sheer arts sheer away from somebody