Word Meaning

Meaning of sheer

- Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
- Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
- Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
- Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
- Clean; quite; at once.
- To shear.
- 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.
- The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
- The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
- A turn or change in a course.
- Shears See Shear.

Crossword clue for sheer

- Can be seen through
- Diaphanous
- Not heavy
- Precipitous
- See-through
- Sharp (incline)
- She and the queen are very thin
- Straight up
- Thin and gauzy
- Turn aside
- Very thin