sheer in Sindhi سنڌي
sheer in Tamil தமிழ்
sheer in Telugu తెలుగు
sheer in English
- sheer⇄adj. 1. very thin; almost transparent.
Ex. Sheer white curtains hung at the little windows to let in as much light as possible.
2. unmixed with anything else; complete.
Ex. sheer nonsense. She fainted from sheer weariness.
(SYN) - sheer⇄adv. 1. completely; quite.
Ex. He fell sheer to the bottom of the cliff.
2. straight up and down; very steeply.
Ex. The cliff rose sheer from the river's edge. - sheer⇄noun sheerness.
- sheer⇄noun 1. a thin, fine, almost transparent cloth.
2. a dress made of this.
Ex. She wore a billowing pink sheer to the Junior Prom. - sheer⇄noun 1. the act of turning a ship from its course.
(SYN) deviation.
2. the upward curve of a ship's deck or lines from the middle toward each end.
3. the position in which a vessel at anchor is placed to keep her clear of the anchor. - sheer⇄sheer (1), adjective, adverb, noun.
- sheer⇄sheer (2), verb, noun.
- sheer⇄v.i. to turn from a course; turn aside; swerve.
Ex. Birds perching on the surrounding roofs took to flight immediately, while those passing over on the wing sheered off (New Scientist). - sheer⇄v.t. to cause to sheer.