Definitions of sheer
v. i. - Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
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v. i. - Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
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v. i. - Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
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v. i. - Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
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adv. - Clean; quite; at once.
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v. t. - To shear.
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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.
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n. - The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
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n. - The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
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n. - A turn or change in a course.
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n. - Shears See Shear.
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The word "sheer" uses 5 letters: E E H R S.
Direct anagrams of sheer:
heres
Words formed by adding one letter before or after sheer (in bold), or to eehrs in any order:
a - haeres hearse c - cheers creesh d - heders m - rehems o - heroes reshoe p - herpes sphere s - reshes sheers t - ethers theres threes u - rushee w - hewers shewer wheres x - hexers y - heresy
Shorter words found within sheer:
eh er ere ers es he her here hers hes re ree rees res resh see seer ser sere sh she
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