| sheer | 1. Bright; clear; pure; unmixed. "Sheer ale." "Thou sheer, immaculate, and silver fountain." (Shak) 2. Very thin or transparent; applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin. 3. Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense. "A sheer impossibility." "It is not a sheer advantage to have several strings to one's bow." (M. Arnold) 4. Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular. "A sheer precipice of a thousand feet." (J. D. Hooker) "It was at least Nine roods of sheer ascent." (Wordsworth) Origin: OE. Shere, skere, pure, bright, Icel. Skrr; akin to skirr, AS. Scir, OS. Skiri, MHG. Schir, G. Schier, Dan. Skr, Sw. Skar, Goth. Skeirs clear, and E. Shine. See Shine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sheerwater | <zoology> The shearwater. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sheer | cause to sheer |
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| sheer | turn sharply |
| sheer | complete and without restriction or qualification |
| sheer | very steep |
| sheer | not mixed with extraneous elements |
| sheer | so thin as to transmit light |
| sheer | directly |
| sheer | straight up or down without a break |
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