Definition of "sheer"
- adjective
Very thin or transparent.
Pure; unmixed; being only what it seems to be.
Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.
- adverb
Clean; quite; at once.
- noun
The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.
An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.
- verb
To swerve from a course.
To shear.
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