Canadian English Meaning of sheer
sheer
Other Canadian English words related to sheer
Nearest Words of sheer
Definitions and Meaning of sheer in English
sheer (v)
turn sharply; change direction abruptly
cause to sheer
sheer (s)
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
not mixed with extraneous elements
very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
so thin as to transmit light
sheer (r)
straight up or down without a break
directly
sheer (v. i.)
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.
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.
sheer (adv.)
Clean; quite; at once.
sheer (v. t.)
To shear.
sheer (n.)
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.
FAQs About the word sheer
sheer
turn sharply; change direction abruptly, cause to sheer, complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers, not mixed
diaphanous,translucent,transparent,clear,Cobwebby,Crystal,crystalline,delicate,Filmy,fragile
opaque,cloudy,drab,dull,foggy,hazy,lackluster,misty,murky,nebulous
sheepy => sheepish, sheepwalk => sheep pasture, sheep-tick => Sheep ked, sheepsplit => Sheepsplit, sheepskin coat => Sheepskin coat,
