Definition of sheer

"sheer" in the verb sense

1. swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut

turn sharply change direction abruptly

"The car cut to the left at the intersection"

"The motorbike veered to the right"

2. sheer

cause to sheer

"She sheered her car around the obstacle"

"sheer" in the adjective sense

1. absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer

complete and without restriction or qualification sometimes used informally as intensifiers

"absolute freedom"

"an absolute dimwit"

"a downright lie"

"out-and-out mayhem"

"an out-and-out lie"

"a rank outsider"

"many right-down vices"

"got the job through sheer persistence"

"sheer stupidity"

2. plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed

not mixed with extraneous elements

"plain water"

"sheer wine"

"not an unmixed blessing"

3. bluff, bold, sheer

very steep having a prominent and almost vertical front

"a bluff headland"

"where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"

"a sheer descent of rock"

4. diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby

so thin as to transmit light

"a hat with a diaphanous veil"

"filmy wings of a moth"

"gauzy clouds of dandelion down"

"gossamer cobwebs"

"sheer silk stockings"

"transparent chiffon"

"vaporous silks"

"sheer" in the adverb sense

1. sheer, perpendicularly

straight up or down without a break

2. sheer

directly

"he fell sheer into the water"

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Quotations for sheer

For the qualities of sheer wit and humor. Swift had no superior, ancient or modern. [ Leigh Hunt ]

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid of ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror. [ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey ]

sheer in Scrabble®

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Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Words containing the sequence sheer

Words that start with sheer (8 words)

Words with sheer in them (2 words)

Words that end with sheer (2 words)

Word Growth involving sheer

Shorter words in sheer

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Longer words containing sheer

fetisheer fetisheers

sheered

sheerer

sheerest

sheering

sheerly

sheerness

sheers fetisheers