sheer

1. v. i. Bright; clear; pure; unmixed. Source: opted

2. v. i. Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin. Source: opted

3. v. i. Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense. Source: opted

4. v. i. Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular. Source: opted

5. adv. Clean; quite; at once. Source: opted

6. v. t. To shear. Source: opted

7. v. i. 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. Source: opted

8. n. The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. Source: opted

9. n. The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it. Source: opted

10. n. A turn or change in a course. Source: opted

11. n. Shears See Shear. Source: opted

12. adj. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers Source: wordnet

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