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sheer
Overview of verb sheer
The verb sheer has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut -- (turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right")
2. sheer -- (cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle")
Overview of adj sheer
The adj sheer has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (6) absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer -- (complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "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. (2) plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed -- (not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing")
3. (1) bluff, bold, sheer -- (very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock")
4. diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby -- (so thin as to transmit light; "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")
Overview of adv sheer
The adv sheer has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. sheer, perpendicularly -- (straight up or down without a break)
2. sheer -- (directly; "he fell sheer into the water")
Antonyms of verb sheer
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sheer
2 senses of sheer
Sense 1
swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
=> turn
=> move
Sense 2
sheer
=> steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
=> control, command
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sheer
1 of 2 senses of sheer
Sense 1
swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
=> peel off
=> yaw
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sheer
2 senses of sheer
Sense 1
swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
=> turn
Sense 2
sheer
=> steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
'Cause To' of verb sheer
Derived Forms of verb sheer
Domain of verb sheer
Domain Terms of verb sheer
Familiarity of verb sheer
sheer used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb sheer
2 senses of sheer
Sense 1
swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 2
sheer
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb sheer
2 senses of sheer
Sense 1
swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
> turn
=> twist
=> flip, flip over, turn over
=> turn on a dime
=> roll, turn over
=> roll over
=> swing around, swing about, turn around
=> flip, toss
=> port
=> face
=> turn off
=> turn away
=> gee
=> about-face
=> caracole
=> corner
=> overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over
=> bend
=> swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
=> deflect
=> deflect, bend, turn away
=> avert, turn away
=> turn out, splay, spread out, rotate
=> rotate, circumvolve
=> pivot, swivel
=> gyrate, spiral, coil
=> corkscrew, spiral
=> deviate, divert
=> pronate
Sense 2
sheer
> steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
=> dock
=> sheer
=> pull over
=> crab
=> navigate
=> stand out
=> starboard
=> conn
=> navigate, pilot
=> channel, canalize, canalise
=> corner, tree
=> park
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sheer
Sense 1
swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
=> turn
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Sense 2
sheer
=> steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
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Grep of verb sheer
sheer
Antonyms of adj sheer
4 senses of sheer
Sense 1
absolute, downright, out-and-out(prenominal), rank(prenominal), right-down, sheer(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA complete) -> incomplete, uncomplete
Sense 2
plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed
INDIRECT (VIA pure) -> impure
Sense 3
bluff, bold, sheer
INDIRECT (VIA steep) -> gradual
Sense 4
diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> thick
Similarity of adj sheer
4 senses of sheer
Sense 1
absolute, downright, out-and-out(prenominal), rank(prenominal), right-down, sheer(prenominal)
=> complete (vs. incomplete)
Sense 2
plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed
=> pure (vs. impure)
Sense 3
bluff, bold, sheer
=> steep (vs. gradual)
Sense 4
diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
=> thin (vs. thick)
Pertainyms of adj sheer
Attributes of adj sheer
Domain of adj sheer
Domain Terms of adj sheer
Familiarity of adj sheer
sheer used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj sheer
sheer
Antonyms of adv sheer
Synonyms of adv sheer
2 senses of sheer
Sense 1
sheer, perpendicularly
Sense 2
sheer
Pertainyms of adv sheer
Domain of adv sheer
Domain Terms of adv sheer
Familiarity of adv sheer
sheer used as an adverb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adv sheer
sheer
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