sheer
21sheer — I [[t]ʃɪər[/t]] adj. er, est, adv. n. 1) transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings[/ex] 2) unmixed with anything else; unadulterated: sheer rock; sheer luck[/ex] 3) unqualified; utter: sheer nonsense[/ex] 4) extending down… …
22sheer — [[t]ʃɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] sheerer, sheerest 1) ADJ: ADJ n (emphasis) 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 …
23sheer — sheer1 sheerly, adv. sheerness, n. /shear/, adj., sheerer, sheerest, adv., n. adj. 1. transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings. 2. unmixed with anything else: We drilled a hundred feet through sheer rock …
24sheer — I. verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of 1shear Date: 1539 intransitive verb to deviate from a course ; swerve transitive verb to cause to sheer II. noun Date: 1670 …
25sheer — [ʃɪə] adj 1) used for emphasizing the amount or degree of something Maya succeeded through sheer hard work.[/ex] We were overwhelmed by the sheer volume of work.[/ex] The journey to work every day was sheer hell.[/ex] 2) extremely steep a sheer… …
26sheer — 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… …
27sheer — I adjective 1) the sheer audacity of the plan Syn: utter, complete, absolute, total, pure, downright, out and out, arrant, thorough, thoroughgoing, patent, veritable, unmitigated, plain 2) a sheer drop …
28sheer — adjective 1) the sheer audacity of the plan Syn: utter, complete, absolute, total, pure, downright, out and out 2) a sheer drop Syn: steep, abrupt, sharp, precipitous …
29sheer — I. /ʃɪə / (say shear) adjective 1. transparently thin; diaphanous, as fabrics, etc. 2. unmixed with anything else. 3. unqualified; utter: a sheer waste of time. 4. extending down or up very steeply: a sheer descent of rock. 5. Obsolete bright;… …
30sheer — shear, sheer Shear is a verb meaning ‘to remove by cutting’ or ‘to cut the wool off (a sheep)’, and has the past form sheared and the past participle shorn or (in the context of metal cutting) sheared. Sheer is an adjective describing a steep… …
