Dictionary Entry

sheer

sheer is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as intransitive verb, adverb, transitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Bright; clear; pure; unmixed. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 7 · 19 senses

Definitions

1intransitive verb
Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
2intransitive verb
Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
3intransitive verb
Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
4intransitive verb
Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
5adverb
Clean; quite; at once.
6transitive verb
To shear.
7intransitive verb
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.
8noun
The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
9noun
The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
10noun
A turn or change in a course.
11noun
Shears See Shear.
12verb
cause to sheer
"She sheered her car around the obstacle"
13verb
turn sharply; change direction abruptly
"The car cut to the left at the intersection"
"The motorbike veered to the right"
Synonyms
curve cut slew slue swerve trend veer
14adjective
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
"absolute freedom"
"an absolute dimwit"
Synonyms
absolute downright rank
15adjective
very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
"a bluff headland"
"where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"
Synonyms
bluff bold
16adjective
not mixed with extraneous elements
"plain water"
"sheer wine"
Synonyms
plain unmingled unmixed
17adjective
so thin as to transmit light
"a hat with a diaphanous veil"
"filmy wings of a moth"
Synonyms
cobwebby diaphanous filmy gauzy gossamer transparent vaporous vapourous
18adverb
directly
"he fell sheer into the water"
19adverb
straight up or down without a break
Synonyms
perpendicularly

Synonyms

curve cut slew slue swerve trend veer absolute downright rank bluff bold plain unmingled unmixed cobwebby diaphanous filmy gauzy gossamer transparent vaporous vapourous perpendicularly

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sheer:

heres herse sereh shree

Common word forms

sheers sheered sheerer sheerly sheerest sheering sheerness

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