Catalan Meaning of sheer

transparent

Other Catalan words related to transparent

Definitions and Meaning of sheer in English

Wordnet

sheer (v)

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

cause to sheer

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

sheer (r)

straight up or down without a break

directly

Webster

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.

Webster

sheer (adv.)

Clean; quite; at once.

Webster

sheer (v. t.)

To shear.

Webster

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

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turn sharply; change direction abruptly, cause to sheer, complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers, not mixed

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