Sheeradjective
(textiles) Very thin or transparent.
âHer light, sheer dress caught everyoneâs attention.â;
Unmitigatedadjective
Not mitigated.
Sheeradjective
(obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.
Unmitigatedadjective
(intensifier) Total, complete, utter.
Sheeradjective
(by extension) Downright; complete; pure.
âI think it is sheer genius to invent such a thing.â; âThis poem is sheer nonsense.â; âThrough technological wizardry and sheer audacity, Google has shown how we can transform the intellectual riches of our libraries....â;
Unmitigatedadjective
not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier;
âunmitigated sufferingâ; âan unmitigated horrorâ; âan unmitigated lieâ;
Sheeradjective
Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.
âThe army's sheer size made it impossible to resist.â;
Sheeradjective
Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
âIt was a sheer drop of 180 feet.â;
Sheeradverb
(archaic) Clean; quite; at once.
Sheernoun
A sheer curtain or fabric.
Sheernoun
(nautical) The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.
Sheernoun
(nautical) An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.
Sheerverb
To swerve from a course.
âA horse sheers at a bicycle.â;
Sheerverb
(obsolete) To shear.
Sheeradjective
Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
âThou sheer, immaculate, and silver fountain.â;
Sheeradjective
Very thin or transparent; - applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
Sheeradjective
Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
âIt is not a sheer advantage to have several strings to one's bow.â;
Sheeradjective
Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
âA sheer precipice of a thousand feet.â; âIt was at leastNine roods of sheer ascent.â;
Sheeradverb
Clean; quite; at once.
Sheerverb
To shear.
Sheerverb
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.
Sheernoun
The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
Sheernoun
A turn or change in a course.
âGive the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore.â;
Sheernoun
Shears See Shear.
Sheerverb
turn sharply; change direction abruptly;
âThe car cut to the left at the intersectionâ; âThe motorbike veered to the rightâ;
Sheerverb
cause to sheer;
âShe sheered her car around the obstacleâ;
Sheeradjective
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;
âabsolute freedomâ; âan absolute dimwitâ; âa downright lieâ; âout-and-out mayhemâ; âan out-and-out lieâ; âa rank outsiderâ; âmany right-down vicesâ; âgot the job through sheer persistenceâ; âsheer stupidityâ;
Sheeradjective
not mixed with extraneous elements;
âplain waterâ; âsheer wineâ; ânot an unmixed blessingâ;
Sheeradjective
very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;
âa bluff headlandâ; âwhere the bold chalk cliffs of England riseâ; âa sheer descent of rockâ;
Sheeradjective
so thin as to transmit light;
âa hat with a diaphanous veilâ; âfilmy wings of a mothâ; âgauzy clouds of dandelion downâ; âgossamer cobwebsâ; âsheer silk stockingsâ; âtransparent chiffonâ; âvaporous silksâ;
Sheeradverb
straight up or down without a break
Sheeradverb
directly;
âhe fell sheer into the waterâ;
Sheeradjective
nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis)
âshe giggled with sheer delightâ; âit's been sheer hard workâ;
Sheeradjective
(especially of a cliff or wall) perpendicular or nearly so
âthe sheer ice wallsâ;
Sheeradjective
(of a fabric) very thin; diaphanous
âsheer white silk chiffonâ;
Sheeradverb
perpendicularly
âthe ridge fell sheer, in steep cragsâ;
Sheeradverb
completely; right
âshe went sheer forward when the door was openâ;
Sheernoun
a very fine or diaphanous fabric or article
âshe ditched her glossy sheers while pregnantâ; âI put up the new curtains and sheersâ;
Sheernoun
a sudden deviation from a course, especially by a boat.
Sheernoun
the upward slope of a ship's lines towards the bow and stern.
Sheerverb
(typically of a boat) swerve or change course quickly
âthe boat sheered off to beach further up the coastâ;
Sheerverb
avoid or move away from an unpleasant topic
âher mind sheered away from images she didn't want to dwell onâ;