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Meaning of SHEER in English

Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.

Use in sentences of SHEER

    Meaning of SHEER in English

    • 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 shear.
    • 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.

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