Sinhala Dictionary definitions for sheer
sheer 🔊 /ʃɪˈɹ/
sheer : අමිශ්ර
sheer : සේරුව
sheer : අව්යාජ
sheer : ගජ
sheer : හරි
sheer : හුදු
sheer : අමු
sheer : සෘජු
sheer : වස
sheer definition
Intransitive verb.
- Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
- Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
- Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
- Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
- 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.
Adverb. Clean; quite; at once.
Transitive verb. To shear.
Noun.
- The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
- The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
- A turn or change in a course.
- Shears See Shear.