French Meaning of sheer
transparent
Other French words related to transparent
Nearest Words of sheer
- sheepy => moutonnier
- sheepwalk => pâturage
- sheep-tick => Tique du mouton
- sheepsplit => Sheepsplit
- sheepskin coat => Manteau en peau de mouton
- sheepskin => Peau de mouton
- sheep-shearing => tonte de moutons
- sheepshearing => la tonte des moutons
- sheep-shearer => Tondeur de moutons
- sheepshead porgy => Porgy à tête de mouton
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
transparent
turn sharply; change direction abruptly, cause to sheer, complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers, not mixed
diaphane,translucide,transparent,clair,Toile d'araignée,Cristal,cristallin,délicat,Filmique,fragile
opaque,nuageux,terne,ennuyeux,brumeux,brumeux,terne,brumeux,trouble,nébuleux
sheepy => moutonnier, sheepwalk => pâturage, sheep-tick => Tique du mouton, sheepsplit => Sheepsplit, sheepskin coat => Manteau en peau de mouton,
