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v. To swerve or cause to swerve from a course.

n. A swerving or deviating course.

n. Nautical The upward curve or amount of upward curve of the longitudinal lines of a ship's hull as viewed from the side.

n. Nautical The position in which a ship at anchor is maintained in order to keep it clear of the anchor.

adj. Thin, fine, and transparent: sheer curtains; sheer chiffon. See Synonyms at airy.

adj. Completely such, without qualification or exception: sheer stupidity; sheer happiness.

adj. Free from admixture or adulterants; unmixed: sheer alcohol. See Synonyms at pure.

adj. Considered or operating apart from anything else: got the job through sheer persistence.

adj. Almost perpendicular; steep: sheer rock cliffs. See Synonyms at steep1.

ad. Almost perpendicularly.

ad. Completely; altogether.

adj. Very thin or transparent.

adj. Pure; unmixed; being only what it seems to be.

adj. Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.

adj. Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.

ad. clean; quite; at once.

n. The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.

n. An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.

v. To swerve from a course.

v. To shear.

adj. Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.

adj. Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics.

adj. Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright.

adj. Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.

ad. Clean; quite; at once.

v. To shear.

verb-intransitive. To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve.

n.

n. The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.

n. The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.

n. A turn or change in a course.

n. Shears See Shear.

Pure; clear; bright; shining.

Uncombined with anything else; simple; mere; bare; by itself.

Absolute; utter; downright: as, sheer nonsense or ignorance; sheer waste; sheer stupidity.

Straight up or straight down; perpendicular; precipitous; unobstructed: as, a sheer descent.

Very thin and delicate; diaphanous: especially said of cambric or muslin.

Quite; right; straight; clean.

To make pure; clear; purify.

An obsolete spelling of shear.

Nautical, to swerve or deviate from a line or course; turn aside or away, as for the purpose of avoiding collision or other danger: as, to sheer off from a rock.

n. The rise from a horizontal plane of the longitudinal lines of a ship as seen in looking along its side.

n. The position in which a ship at single anchor is placed to keep her clear of the anchor.

n. The paint-strake or sheer-strake of a vessel.

n. A curving course or sweep; a deviation or divergence from a particular course.

n. A light scaffold, usually with three inclined legs, on which miners stand in drilling to get above the drill-rod.

adj. so thin as to transmit light

adj. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

ad. directly

adj. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

v. cause to sheer

ad. straight up or down without a break

v. turn sharply; change direction abruptly

adj. not mixed with extraneous elements

"Callie walked slowly in a direct line to her mother, her hands on her hips, her expression sheer disappointment."

thin    steep    complete    pure    sheer draught   

sheered    sheering    sheerness    sheers   

direct    guide    point    manoeuver    channelise    channelize    steer    manoeuvre    head    maneuver   

to straighten the sheer    sheer draft    sheer line    to quicken the sheer    to sheer up aft    to sheer up forward    to sheer up    to sheer alongside    sheer plan    sheer ratline   

shear   

sheered    sheering   

bright    clear    pure    unmixed    obvious    simple    mere    downright    vertical    prpendicular   

Bombardier    Chevalier    Clear    Deere    Fear    Greer    Imagineer    Lanier    Lear    Meir   

utter    pure    sudden    apparent    utmost