Word: sheer

Category: sheer

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Related words: sheer

sheer dress, sheer curtains, curtains, sheer cover, sheer top, sheer white, sheer fabric, shear, sheer blouse, sheer dresses, sheer tumblr, sheer pants, sheer skirt, nars, nars sheer glow, sheer shirt

Synonyms: sheer

utter, complete, absolute, total, pure, downright, out-and-out, arrant, thorough, thoroughgoing, patent, veritable, unmitigated, plain, precipitous, steep, vertical, perpendicular, abrupt, bluff, sharp, diaphanous, gauzy, filmy, floaty, gossamer, thin, translucent, transparent, see-through, insubstantial, cobwebby, vaporous, gauze-like, unmixed, unmingled, rank, right-down, bold

Translations: sheer

sheer in spanish

Dictionary:
spanish
Translations:
puro, escarpado, mero, escarpada, total

sheer in german

Dictionary:
german
Translations:
rein, durchscheinend, schier, blank, durchsichtig, lichtdurchlässig, lauter, unvermischt, pur, steil, bloß

sheer in french

Dictionary:
french
Translations:
propre, net, simple, complètement, totalement, entièrement, transparent, pur, clair, absolu, pure, fine, pic

sheer in italian

Dictionary:
italian
Translations:
mero, puro, pura, a picco, puro e semplice, pura e semplice

sheer in portuguese

Dictionary:
portuguese
Translations:
puro, absoluto, simples, pura

sheer in dutch

Dictionary:
dutch
Translations:
zuiver, louter, puur, doorzichtig, absoluut, rein, zeeg, pure

sheer in russian

Dictionary:
russian
Translations:
отвесно, абсолютно, легкий, полнейший, незагрязненный, перпендикулярный, прозрачный, несмешанный, сущий, перпендикулярно, настоящий, неразбавленный, полностью, явный, исчезать, стремительный, чистый, само, явная, явное

sheer in norwegian

Dictionary:
norwegian
Translations:
ren, stupbratte, selve, rene

sheer in swedish

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swedish
Translations:
ren, idel, stora, rena

sheer in finnish

Dictionary:
finnish
Translations:
kääntää, läpikuultava, läpinäkyvä, sula, puhdas, silkka, harsomainen, pelkkä, silkkaa

sheer in danish

Dictionary:
danish
Translations:
Alene, ren og skær, ren, blotte

sheer in czech

Dictionary:
czech
Translations:
průsvitný, čistý, pouhý, naprostý, naprostá, čirá, sedlovitost, čiré

sheer in polish

Dictionary:
polish
Translations:
jawny, przepaścisty, całkiem, zwyczajny, czysty, przepastnie, zwykły, sama, wzniosem

sheer in hungarian

Dictionary:
hungarian
Translations:
csellengés, puszta, fedélzetív, meredeken, fedélzetívelés, tiszta, a puszta, pusztán, hosszirányú felhajlás

sheer in turkish

Dictionary:
turkish
Translations:
saf, sırf, dik, katıksız, şeffaf, düpedüz

sheer in greek

Dictionary:
greek
Translations:
καθαρός, απότομος, απόκρημνος, απόλυτος, καθαρή, απόλυτη, τεράστια

sheer in ukrainian

Dictionary:
ukrainian
Translations:
чистий, прямовисно, повністю, прямовисний, явний, явна, очевидний

sheer in albanian

Dictionary:
albanian
Translations:
i dukshëm, absolut, dukshëm, tejdukshëm, i plotë

sheer in bulgarian

Dictionary:
bulgarian
Translations:
чист, стръмно, истински, прозрачен, абсолютен

sheer in belarusian

Dictionary:
belarusian
Translations:
відавочны

sheer in estonian

Dictionary:
estonian
Translations:
püstloodne, pööre, puhas, õhuke, ainuüksi, tekiga, puhtalt

sheer in croatian

Dictionary:
croatian
Translations:
pravi, savršen, skrenuti, strm, čist, providan, fin, obična, strmim, puka, Svojom

sheer in icelandic

Dictionary:
icelandic
Translations:
hreinn, Farðu, þverhnípi, er hreinn, hrein

sheer in lithuanian

Dictionary:
lithuanian
Translations:
balniškumas, grynas, absoliutus, vien, balniškumu

sheer in latvian

Dictionary:
latvian
Translations:
absolūts, pilnīgs, gluži, pavisam, milzīgais

sheer in macedonian

Dictionary:
macedonian
Translations:
Огромната, чиста, вистинска, самата, самото

sheer in romanian

Dictionary:
romanian
Translations:
pur, pură, pura, absolută

sheer in slovenian

Dictionary:
slovenian
Translations:
Sama, odklon, odklonov, čisto

sheer in slovak

Dictionary:
slovak
Translations:
hotový, strmý, naprostý, úplný, absolútny, dokonalý, úplným

The meaning and "use of": sheer

adjective
  • nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis). - she giggled with sheer delight
  • (especially of a cliff or wall) perpendicular or nearly so. - the sheer ice walls
  • (of a fabric) very thin; diaphanous. - sheer white silk chiffon
adverb
  • perpendicularly. - the ridge fell sheer, in steep crags
  • completely; right. - she went sheer forward when the door was open
verb
  • (typically of a boat or ship) swerve or change course quickly. - the boat sheered off to beach further up the coast
noun
  • a very fine or diaphanous fabric or article. - Quick to sew in less than two hours, you can sew this shrug in a variety of fabrics: sheers - such as georgette and chiffon - shantungs, linen, crepe, even velvet.
  • a sudden deviation from a course, especially by a boat. - The vessel apparently, through something having gone wrong with the steering gear, took a sudden sheer to port, ran out of the channel and grounded on the edge of it.
  • the upward slope of a ship's lines toward the bow and stern. - The sheer of the B40 is slightly flatter, the transom more vertical and broader, and the bow slightly less spoon-shaped.

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