Sheer

Related Terms:

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Definitions:

Noun

Definition: A sheer curtain or fabric.

Definition: The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.

Verb

swerve sheer curve trend veer slue slew cut

Definition: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

sheer

Definition: cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"

Definition: To swerve from a course.

Adjective

absolute downright out-and-out rank right-down sheer

Definition: complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"

plain sheer unmingled unmixed

Definition: not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"

bluff bold sheer

Definition: very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock"

diaphanous filmy gauzy gauze-like gossamer see-through sheer transparent vaporous vapourous cobwebby

Definition: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

Definition: Very thin or transparent.

Adverb

sheer perpendicularly

Definition: straight up or down without a break

sheer

Definition: directly; "he fell sheer into the water"

Definition: Clean; quite; at once.