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Quick definitions from WordNet (sheer)
▸ verb: cause to sheer ("She sheered her car around the obstacle")
▸ verb: turn sharply; change direction abruptly
▸ adjective: not mixed with extraneous elements ("Sheer wine")
▸ adjective: very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front ("A sheer descent of rock")
▸ adjective: so thin as to transmit light ("Sheer silk stockings")
▸ adverb: directly ("He fell sheer into the water")
▸ adverb: straight up or down without a break
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #78273)
▸ Also see sheers
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to sheer
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▸ Rhymes of sheer
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▸ verb: cause to sheer ("She sheered her car around the obstacle")
▸ verb: turn sharply; change direction abruptly
▸ adjective: not mixed with extraneous elements ("Sheer wine")
▸ adjective: very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front ("A sheer descent of rock")
▸ adjective: so thin as to transmit light ("Sheer silk stockings")
▸ adverb: directly ("He fell sheer into the water")
▸ adverb: straight up or down without a break
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #78273)
▸ Also see sheers
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to sheer
▸ Usage examples for sheer
▸ Idioms related to sheer (New!)
▸ Popular nouns described by sheer
▸ Words that often appear near sheer
▸ Rhymes of sheer
▸ Invented words related to sheer