Sheer ¹

Definition: Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.

Sheer ²

Definition: Very thin or transparent; applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.

Sheer ³

Definition: Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.

Sheer ⁴

Definition: Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.

Sheer ⁵

Definition: Clean; quite; at once.

Sheer ⁶

Definition: To shear.

Sheer ⁷

Definition: 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 ⁸

Definition: The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.

Sheer ⁹

Definition: The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.

Sheer ¹⁰

Definition: A turn or change in a course.

Sheer ¹¹

Definition: Shears See Shear.

sheer ¹²

Definition: cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"

sheer ¹³

Definition: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

sheer ¹⁴

Definition: very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock"

sheer ¹⁵

Definition: not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"

sheer ¹⁶

Definition: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

sheer ¹⁷

Definition: directly; "he fell sheer into the water"

sheer ¹⁸

Definition: straight up or down without a break