English-Thai Dictionary

sheer

ADJ ชัน มาก  steep chan-mak

 

sheer

ADJ ที่ ไม่ รวม อย่าง อื่น  ที่ ไม่เกี่ยว กับ อย่าง อื่น  ti-mai-ruam-yang-uen

 

sheer

ADJ เต็มที่  ที่สุด  ทีเดียว  utter quite tem-ti

 

sheer away

PHRV หลบหลีก  sheer off lob-lik

 

sheer off

PHRV หลบหลีก  sheer away lob-lik

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHEER

a. 1. Pure; clear; separate from anything foreign; unmingled; as sheer ale. But this application is unusual. We say sheer argument, sheer wit, sheer falsehook, etc.
2. Clear; thin; as sheer muslin.

 

SHEER

adv. Clean; quite; at once. Obs.

 

SHEER

v.t.To sheer. [Not in use. ]

 

SHEER

v.i.[See Shear, the sense of which is to separate. ] 1. In seamen's language, to decline or deviate from the line of the proper course, as a ship when not steered with steadiness.
2. To slip or move aside.
To sheer off, to turn or move aside to a distance.
To sheer up, to turn and approach to a place or ship.

 

SHEER

n. 1. The longitudinal curve or bend of a ship's deck or sides.
2. The position in which a ship is sometimes kept at single anchor, to keep her clear of it.
To break sheer, to deviate from that position and fisk fouling the anchor.

 

SHEER-HULK

n.An old ship of war, fitted with sheers of apparatus to fix or take out the masts of other ships.

 

SHEERLY

adv. At once; quite; absolutely. Obs.

 

SHEERS

n.plu. An engine consisting of two or more pieces of timber or poses, fastened together near the top; used for raising heavy weights, particularly for hoisting the lower masts of ships.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHEER

Sheer, a. Etym: [OE. shere, skere, pure, bright, Icel. sk; akin to skirr, AS. scir, OS. skiri, MHG. schir, G. schier, Dan. sk, Sw. skär, Goth. skeirs clear, and E. shine. sq. root157. 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 Sheer, adv.

 

Defn: Clean; quite; at once. [Obs. ] Milton.

 

SHEER

Sheer, v. t. Etym: [See Shear. ]

 

Defn: To shear. [Obs. ] Dryden.

 

SHEER

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

 

Defn: 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 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.

 

Defn: 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.

 

SHEERLY

SHEERLY Sheer "ly, adv.

 

Defn: At once; absolutely. [Obs. ]

 

SHEERWATER

SHEERWATER Sheer "wa `ter, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The shearwater.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sheer

sheer 1 |SHi (ə )r ʃɪ (ə )r | ▶adjective 1 [ attrib. ] nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis ): she giggled with sheer delight | marriage is sheer hard work. 2 (esp. of a cliff or wall ) perpendicular or nearly so: the sheer ice walls. 3 (of a fabric ) very thin; diaphanous: sheer white silk chiffon. ▶adverb 1 perpendicularly: the ridge fell sheer, in steep crags. 2 archaic completely; right: she went sheer forward when the door was open. ▶noun a very fine or diaphanous fabric or article. DERIVATIVES sheer ly adverb, sheer ness noun 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 cent. the word was used to describe clear, pure water, and also sense 3 of the adjective .

 

sheer

sheer 2 |ʃɪ (ə )r SHi (ə )r | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (typically of a boat or ship ) swerve or change course quickly: the boat sheered off to beach further up the coast. • avoid or move away from an unpleasant topic: her mind sheered away from images she didn't want to dwell on. ▶noun a sudden deviation from a course, esp. by a boat. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: perhaps from Middle Low German scheren ‘to shear. ’ usage: The two verbs sheer and shear have a similar origin but do not have identical meanings. Sheer, the less common verb, means ‘swerve or change course quickly ’: the boat sheers off the bank. Shear, on the other hand, usually means ‘cut the wool off (a sheep )’ and can also mean ‘break off (usually as a result of structural strain )’: the pins broke and the wing part sheared off .

 

sheer

sheer 3 |ʃɪ (ə )r SHi (ə )r | ▶noun the upward slope of a ship's lines toward the bow and stern. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: probably from the noun shear .

 

sheerlegs

sheer legs |ˈSHi (ə )rˌlegz ˈʃɪ (ə )rˌlɛɡz | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] a hoisting apparatus made from poles joined at or near the top and separated at the bottom, used for masting ships, installing engines, and lifting other heavy objects.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sheer

sheer 1 |ʃɪə | ▶adjective 1 [ attrib. ] nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis ): she giggled with sheer delight | it's been sheer hard work. 2 (especially of a cliff or wall ) perpendicular or nearly so: the sheer ice walls. 3 (of a fabric ) very thin; diaphanous: sheer white silk chiffon. ▶adverb 1 perpendicularly: the ridge fell sheer, in steep crags. 2 archaic completely; right: she went sheer forward when the door was open. ▶noun a very fine or diaphanous fabric or article. DERIVATIVES sheerly adverb, sheerness noun 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 cent. the word was used to describe clear, pure water, and also in sense 3 of the adjective .

 

sheer

sheer 2 |ʃɪə | ▶verb [ no obj., with adverbial ] (typically of a boat ) swerve or change course quickly: the boat sheered off to beach further up the coast. • avoid or move away from an unpleasant topic: her mind sheered away from images she didn't want to dwell on. ▶noun a sudden deviation from a course, especially by a boat. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: perhaps from Middle Low German scheren ‘to shear ’. usage: The two verbs sheer and shear have a similar origin but do not have identical meanings. Sheer, the less common verb, means ‘swerve or change course quickly ’, as in the boat sheers off the bank. Shear, on the other hand, usually means ‘cut the wool off a sheep ’ and can also mean ‘break off ’, as in the pins broke and the wing part sheared off .

 

sheer

sheer 3 |ʃɪə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the upward slope of a ship's lines towards the bow and stern. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: probably from the noun shear .

 

sheerlegs

sheer legs ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] a hoisting apparatus made from poles joined at or near the top and separated at the bottom, used for masting ships, installing engines, and hauling heavy objects.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sheer

sheer 1 adjective 1 the sheer audacity of the plan: utter, complete, absolute, total, pure, downright, out-and-out, arrant, thorough, thoroughgoing, patent, veritable, unmitigated, plain. 2 a sheer drop: precipitous, steep, vertical, perpendicular, abrupt, bluff, sharp. ANTONYMS gradual. 3 a sheer dress: diaphanous, gauzy, filmy, floaty, gossamer, thin, translucent, transparent, see-through, insubstantial. ANTONYMS thick.

 

sheer

sheer 2 verb 1 the boat sheered off from the landing: swerve, veer, slew, skew, swing, change course. 2 her mind sheered away from his image: turn away from, flinch from, recoil from, shy away from; avoid.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sheer

sheer 1 adjective 1 he whistled at the sheer audacity of the plan: utter, complete, absolute, total, pure, perfect, downright, out-and-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, through and through, consummate, patent, surpassing, veritable, unqualified, unmitigated, unalloyed, unadulterated, unmixed; stark, rank; plain, simple, mere; Brit. informal proper; Austral. /NZ informal fair; archaic arrant; rare right-down. 2 there was a terrifying sheer drop to the sea: precipitous, very steep, perpendicular, vertical, abrupt, bluff, sharp, vertiginous; rare acclivitous, declivitous, scarped. ANTONYMS gradual. 3 a dress of sheer white silk chiffon: diaphanous, gauzy, filmy, floaty, very thin, translucent, transparent, see-through, gossamer, gossamer-like, chiffony, insubstantial, ultra-fine, fine. ANTONYMS thick, heavy.

 

sheer

sheer 2 verb 1 the boat sheered off to beach further along the coast: swerve, swing, veer, slew, skew, change course, drift, yaw. ANTONYMS stay on course. 2 her mind sheered away from images she didn't want to dwell on: turn away, flinch, recoil, shy away; refuse to contemplate, avoid, evade. ANTONYMS face up to.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sheer

sheer 1 /ʃɪə r / (! shearと同音 ) 〖語源は 「罪から逃れた, 清い 」〗形容詞 ～er /ʃɪ́ ə rə r /; ～est /ʃɪ́ ə rɪst /1 〖名詞 の前で 〗まったくの , 真の , 完全なる ; 純粋な (pure )▸ By sheer luck I found my missing wallet .まったくの幸運で私はなくした財布を見つけた 2 〖名詞 の前で 〗かなりの , はなはだしい 〈重さ 大きさなど 〉.3 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗切り立った, (ほぼ )垂直の 〈がけなど 〉▸ a sheer drop 断崖 4 〈ナイロン 絹などが 〉非常に薄い , 透けて見える .副詞 1 まったく .2 垂直に .名詞 U 透けるような薄い織物 ; C その服 .sh é er ly 副詞 sh é er ness 名詞

 

sheer

sheer 2 動詞 自動詞 〈船などが 〉針路からそれる, (回避のために )急に向きを変える (off, away ); 【嫌な人などを 】避ける, «…から » 脱落する (off ) «from » .他動詞 …の進む方向を変える ; …を切り落とす (off ).名詞 U C 1 針路転換 .2 舷弧 〘船の甲板が反っていること 〙.