was wotd|2007|July|1
English
Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/��ɪ�/
italbrac|US IPA|/�ɪr/
audio|en-us-sheer.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|ɪ�(r)
Homophones
shear
Adjective
en-adj|er|more
- context|textiles Very thin or transparent.
#:Her light, sheer dress caught everyone's attention.
- pure|Pure; unmixed; being only what it seems to be.
#:I think it is sheer genius to invent such a thing.
#:This poem is sheer nonsense.
- Straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular.
#:It was a sheer drop of 180 feet.
Synonyms
italbrac|very thin or transparent: diaphanous, see-through, thin
italbrac|pure, unmixed: downright, mere, pure, undiluted, unmitigated
italbrac|straight up and down: perpendicular, steep, vertical
Translations
trans-top|very thin or transparent
Finnish: ohut, harsomainen
German: hauchdünn
trans-mid
Polish: przezroczysty m
trans-bottom
trans-top|pure; unmixed
Finnish: pelkkä, puhdas, silkka
German: blo�, schier
trans-mid
Polish: czysty m
Portuguese: puro m, pura f
trans-bottom
trans-top|straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular
Finnish: jyrkkä, pystysuora
German: steil
trans-mid
Polish: urwisty m
trans-bottom
Adverb
en-adv
- Clean|clean; quite; at once.
Noun
en-noun
- nautical The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.
- nautical An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.
Verb
en-verb
- nautical To swerve from a course.
- To shear. (rare/archaic?)
References
webster
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