Definizione monolingua

sheer

sheer (third-person singular simple present sheers, present participle sheering, simple past and past participle sheered)

1. (nautical) To swerve from a course.
2. (obsolete) To shear.

sheer (plural sheers)

1. (nautical) The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.
2. (nautical) An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.

sheer (comparative sheerer or more sheer, superlative sheerest or most sheer)

1. (textiles) Very thin or transparent.

   Her light, sheer dress caught everyone’s attention.

2. 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.

3. Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.

   It was a sheer drop of 180 feet.

4. Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.

   Through technological wizardry and sheer audacity, Google has shown how we can transform the intellectual riches of our libraries...

sheer (comparative more sheer, superlative most sheer)

1. (archaic) clean; quite; at once.

Definizione dizionario sheer

assoluto

chiaro

completamente

deviare

diafano

mero

puro

semplice

sottile

sottle

totale

trasparente

vero

Altri significati:

(textiles) Very thin or transparent.

(nautical) The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.

very thin or transparent

(obsolete) To shear.

(nautical) An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.

Pure; unmixed; being only what it seems to be.

straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular

(archaic) clean; quite; at once.

(nautical) To swerve from a course.

Straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular.

pure; unmixed