1. sheer - Noun
2. sheer - Adjective
3. sheer - Verb
4. sheer - Adverb
6. sheer - Adjective Satellite
7. Sheer - Proper noun
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 dictionaryWhatever 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