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sheer1
adjective
1 complete; absolute or downright sheer madness .
2 said of a cliff, etc: vertical or nearly vertical a sheer drop .
3 said eg of a fabric: so thin or fine as to be almost transparent sheer tights .
adverb
1 completely.
2 vertically or nearly vertically a rock face rising sheer .
[12c in the form schere : possibly from a lost Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Norse skaerr bright]
sheerly adverb .
sheerness noun .
adjective
1 complete; absolute or downright sheer madness .
2 said of a cliff, etc: vertical or nearly vertical a sheer drop .
3 said eg of a fabric: so thin or fine as to be almost transparent sheer tights .
adverb
1 completely.
2 vertically or nearly vertically a rock face rising sheer .
[12c in the form schere : possibly from a lost Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Norse skaerr bright]
sheerly adverb .
sheerness noun .
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sheer2
noun
1 a deviation.
2 the fore-and-aft upward curve of a ship's deck or sides.
verb (sheered , sheering )
1 tr & intr to change course or cause to change course.
2 intr (usu sheer off or away) to move away, especially to evade someone or something disliked or feared.
[17c: partly another spelling of shear; perhaps partly from German or Dutch equivalent scheren to cut or withdraw]
noun
1 a deviation.
2 the fore-and-aft upward curve of a ship's deck or sides.
verb (sheered , sheering )
1 tr & intr to change course or cause to change course.
2 intr (usu sheer off or away) to move away, especially to evade someone or something disliked or feared.
[17c: partly another spelling of shear; perhaps partly from German or Dutch equivalent scheren to cut or withdraw]
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