SHEER
\ʃˈi͡ə], \ʃˈiə], \ʃ_ˈiə]\
Definitions of SHEER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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straight up or down without a break
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directly; "he fell sheer into the water"
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cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"
By Princeton University
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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"
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straight up or down without a break
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directly; "he fell sheer into the water"
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cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
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Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
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Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
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Clean; quite; at once.
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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.
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The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
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The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
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A turn or change in a course.
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Shears See Shear.
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Very thin or transparent; - applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
By Oddity Software
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Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
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Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
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Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
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Clean; quite; at once.
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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.
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The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
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The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
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A turn or change in a course.
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Shears See Shear.
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Very thin or transparent; - applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
By Noah Webster.
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Downright; utter; absolute; as, sheer folly; very thin or transparent: as, a sheer fabric; straight up and down; vertical; steep; as, a sheer precipice.
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Perpendicularly; straight.
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To turn aside from the proper course.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Pure: unmingled: simple: without a break, perpendicular.
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Clear: quite: at once.
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To deviate from the line of the proper course, as a ship: to turn aside.
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The deviation from the straight line, or the longitudinal curve or bend of a ship's deck or sides.
By Daniel Lyons
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Clear; quite; vertically.
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Curve of a ship's deck or sides.
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Pure; mere; perpendicular.
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To turn from a course.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To swerve; turn aside.
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Unmitigated; absolute; down right; perpendicular; steep.
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A swerving or curving.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Pure; clear; unmingled; simple; thin; precipitous.
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The longitudinal curve or bend of a ship's deck or sides; the position an which a ship is sometimes kept at single anchor, to keep her clear of it.
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To slip or move aside. Sheer off, to move to a distance.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Pure; separate from anything else; mere; unmingled.
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The longitudinal curve or line which a ship's deck or sides presents to the eye.
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Among seamen, to deviate from the line of the proper course, as a ship when not well steered; to turn aside.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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