Sheer - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ʃɪr|  American pronunciation of the word sheer
Brit.  |ʃɪə|  British pronunciation of the word sheer

verb

- turn sharply; change direction abruptly (syn: curve, cut, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer)
- cause to sheer
She sheered her car around the obstacle

adverb

- straight up or down without a break
- directly
he fell sheer into the water

adjective

- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers (syn: absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down)
got the job through sheer persistence
sheer stupidity
- not mixed with extraneous elements (syn: plain)
sheer wine
- very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front (syn: bluff, bold)
a sheer descent of rock
- so thin as to transmit light (syn: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, transparent, vaporous)
sheer silk stockings

Extra examples

...the cruise ship sheered to the northwest, putting it safely out of the path of the hurricane...

...the car sheered to avoid hitting the dog...

...we had to get window shades because passersby could see right through our sheer curtains...

It was a sheer accident.

It is sheer trash.

He won by sheer force.

She blundered, and fell sheer into the arms of John.

A lofty cliff goes down sheer into the deep sea.

Women wear sheers to make their legs look sexy.

The boat sheered away and headed out to sea.

She sheered her car around the obstacle

I paint for the sheer pleasure of it.

Deciding to have the party outdoors was sheer inspiration.

...the mountain's sheer magnitude usually leaves tourists speechless...

...dragging myself out of the hay on such a cold, dreary morning seemed like an act of sheer masochism...

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: sheer
he/she/it: sheers
present participle: sheering
past tense: sheered
past participle: sheered
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