sheered

We have found lemma(root) word of sheered : sheer.

Definitions


[ʃɪə], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis)
(e.g: she giggled with sheer delight)

- (especially of a cliff or wall) perpendicular or nearly so
(e.g: the sheer ice walls)

- (of a fabric) very thin; diaphanous
(e.g: sheer white silk chiffon)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘exempt, cleared’): probably an alteration of dialect shire ‘pure, clear’, from the Germanic base of the verb shine. In the mid 16th century the word was used to describe clear, pure water, and also in sheer


[ʃɪə], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- perpendicularly
(e.g: the ridge fell sheer, in steep crags)

- completely; right
(e.g: she went sheer forward when the door was open)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘exempt, cleared’): probably an alteration of dialect shire ‘pure, clear’, from the Germanic base of the verb shine. In the mid 16th century the word was used to describe clear, pure water, and also in sheer


[ʃɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a very fine or diaphanous fabric or article
(e.g: I put up the new curtains and sheers)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘exempt, cleared’): probably an alteration of dialect shire ‘pure, clear’, from the Germanic base of the verb shine. In the mid 16th century the word was used to describe clear, pure water, and also in sheer


[ʃɪə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (typically of a boat) swerve or change course quickly
(e.g: the boat sheered off to beach further up the coast)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: perhaps from Middle Low German scheren ‘to shear’


[ʃɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sudden deviation from a course, especially by a boat


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: perhaps from Middle Low German scheren ‘to shear’


[ʃɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the upward slope of a ship's lines towards the bow and stern


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century: probably from the noun shear




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