sheer
[ʃiә]
a. 绝, , 纯粹, 透, 峻

vi. 偏转, 偏航

vt. 使急转, 使偏航

ad. 完, , 峻

n. 偏航



sheer
[ verb ]

1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly

<verb.motion> curve cut slew slue swerve trend veer
The car cut to the left at the intersection
The motorbike veered to the right

2. cause to sheer

<verb.motion>
She sheered her car around the obstacle

[ adv ]

1. straight up or down without a break

<adv.all>

2. directly

<adv.all>
he fell sheer into the water

[ adj ]

1. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

<adj.all>
absolute freedom
an absolute dimwit
a downright lie
out-and-out mayhem
an out-and-out lie
a rank outsider
many right-down vices
got the job through sheer persistence
sheer stupidity

2. not mixed with extraneous elements

<adj.all>
plain water
sheer wine
not an unmixed blessing

3. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

<adj.all>
a bluff headland
where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
a sheer descent of rock

4. so thin as to transmit light

<adj.all>
a hat with a diaphanous veil
filmy wings of a moth
gauzy clouds of dandelion down
gossamer cobwebs
sheer silk stockings
transparent chiffon
vaporous silks

Sheer \Sheer\, a. [OE. shere, skere, pure, bright, Icel. sk?rr;
akin to sk[=i]rr, AS. sc[=i]r, OS. sk[=i]ri, MHG. sch[=i]r,
G. schier, Dan. sk?r, Sw. sk["a]r, Goth. skeirs clear, and E.
shine. [root]157. See {Shine}, v. i.]
1. Bright; clear; pure; unmixed. ``Sheer ale.'' --Shak.

Thou sheer, immaculate, and silver fountain. --Shak.

2. Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer
muslin.

3. Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere;
downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense. ``A sheer
impossibility.'' --De Quincey.

It is not a sheer advantage to have several strings
to one's bow. --M. Arnold.

4. Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.

A sheer precipice of a thousand feet. --J. D.
Hooker.

It was at least
Nine roods of sheer ascent. --Wordsworth.


Sheer \Sheer\, adv.
Clean; quite; at once. [Obs.] --Milton.


Sheer \Sheer\, v. t. [See {Shear}.]
To shear. [Obs.] --Dryden.


Sheer \Sheer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sheered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sheering}.] [D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See
{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.

{To sheer off}, to turn or move aside to a distance; to move
away.

{To sheer up}, to approach obliquely.


Sheer \Sheer\, n.
1. (Naut.)
(a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck,
gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from
the side.
(b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and
swinging clear of it.

2. A turn or change in a course.

Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore.
--Cooper.

3. pl. Shears See {Shear}.

{Sheer batten} (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide
the carpenters in following the sheer plan.

{Sheer boom}, a boom slanting across a stream to direct
floating logs to one side.

{Sheer hulk}. See {Shear hulk}, under {Hulk}.

{Sheer plan}, or {Sheer draught} (Shipbuilding), a projection
of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane
passing through the middle line of the vessel.

{Sheer pole} (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just
above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines.

{Sheer strake} (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale
on the top side. --Totten.

{To break sheer} (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk
fouling the anchor.