sheer
101sheer — Synonyms and related words: aberrancy, aberration, about ship, abrupt, absolute, absolutely, airy, all embracing, all encompassing, all out, all pervading, angle, angle off, aplomb, arduous, arrant, at right angles, avert, back and fill, bare,… …
102sheer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. utter, absolute; mere, simple; thin, diaphanous; perpendicular, precipitous, vertical, steep. See transparency, simpleness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Abrupt] Syn. steep, very steep, precipitous;… …
103sheer — see SHEAR …
104sheer — fore and aft curvature of a ship from bow to stern Nautical Terms …
105sheer — shear …
106sheer — ʃɪr /ʃɪə n. swerve, sudden change of direction, abrupt change of course v. swerve, change course suddenly, change direction abruptly; cause to change course quickly, cause to swerve adj. thin and nearly transparent; not combined with… …
107sheer — I. a. 1. Pure, clear. 2. Mere, simple, unmixed, unmingled, down right, pure, unqualified, unadulterated, clear, utter. 3. Perpendicular, precipitous. II. v. n. Deviate, decline, move aside. See shear …
108sheer — I adj 1. transparently thin, diaphanous, translucent, filmy, gossamer, gossamery; naked, clear, crystal, glassy, hyaline. 2. simple, plain, pure, unadulterated, unmixed, unalloyed, unmingled; homogeneous, uniform; elemental, elementary. 3. utter …
109sheer — Verb: To deviate from a course. Adjective: Transparent. Unmixed. perpendicular. In nautical language, the word means a deviation from the line of the course in which a vessel should be steered, and though it may occur from causes unpreventable by …
110sheer — see SHEAR …
