SHEER

sheer

Noun

  1. The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.
  2. An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.

Verb

  1. To swerve from a course.
    A horse sheers at a bicycle.
  2. To shear.

Adjective

  1. Very thin or transparent.
  2. Pure; unmixed.
  3. Being only what it seems to be; mere.
  4. Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
  5. Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.

Adverb

  1. clean; quite; at once.


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