Word Meaning

sheer definition and meaning

v. i. Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
v. i. Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
v. i. Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
v. i. Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
adv. Clean; quite; at once.
v. t. To shear.
v. i. 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.
n. The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
n. The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
n. A turn or change in a course.
n. Shears See Shear.

Crossword clues for sheer

- Can be seen through
- Diaphanous
- Not heavy
- Precipitous
- See-through
- Sharp (incline)
- She and the queen are very thin
- Straight up
- Thin and gauzy
- Turn aside
- Very thin