English to English
sheer
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adjective (a)
- Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.(noun)source: webster1913
adverb (r)
- straight up or down without a break(adv.all)source: wordnet30
- Clean; quite; at once.(adverb)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers(adj.all)Example:
Got the job through sheer persistence.
Sheer stupidity.
source: wordnet30 - so thin as to transmit light(adj.all)Example:
Sheer silk stockings.
Synonym:
cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, vapouroussource: wordnet30
verb (v)
- cause to sheer(verb.motion)Example:
She sheered her car around the obstacle.
source: wordnet30 - To shear.(verb)source: webster1913
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913