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Sheer (disambiguation)

sheer

(sheerer, sheerest)

You can use sheer to emphasize that a state or situation is complete and does not involve or is not mixed with anything else.

His music is sheer delight...

Sheer chance quite often plays an important part in sparking off an idea.

= pure

ADJ: ADJ n [emphasis]

A sheer cliff or drop is extremely steep or completely vertical.

There was a sheer drop just outside my window...

ADJ: usu ADJ n

Sheer material is very thin, light, and delicate.

...sheer black tights.

ADJ

Sheer

·adv Clean; quite; at once.

II. Sheer ·noun A turn or change in a course.

III. Sheer ·vi Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.

IV. Sheer ·vt To Shear.

V. Sheer ·noun Shears ·see Shear.

VI. Sheer ·vi Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.

VII. Sheer ·vi Very thin or transparent;

- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.

VIII. Sheer ·noun The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.

IX. Sheer ·vi Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.

X. Sheer ·noun The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.

XI. Sheer ·vi 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

sheer¹

¦ adjective

1. nothing other than; unmitigated: sheer hard work.

2. (of a cliff, wall, etc.) perpendicular or nearly so.

3. (of a fabric) very thin.

¦ adverb

1. perpendicularly.

2. archaic completely; right.

Derivatives

sheerly adverb

sheerness noun

Origin

ME: prob. an alt. of dialect shire 'pure, clear', from the Gmc base of shine.

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sheer²

¦ verb

1. (especially of a boat) swerve or change course quickly.

2. avoid or move away from an unpleasant topic.

¦ noun a sudden deviation from a course.

Origin

C17: perh. from Mid. Low Ger. scheren 'to shear'.

Usage

Confusion can arise between the verbs sheer and shear. Sheer means 'swerve or change course quickly' (the boat sheers off the bank), whereas shear usually means 'cut the wool off a sheep' or 'break off' (the wing had been sheared off).

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sheer³

¦ noun the upward slope of a ship's lines towards the bow and stern.

Origin

C17: prob. from shear.