Meaning Of Sheer

v. i.

Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.

v. i.

Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.

v. i.

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

v. i.

Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.

adv.

Clean; quite; at once.

v. t.

To shear.

v. i.

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.

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.