Word Meanings - SHEER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
skirr, AS. scir, OS. skiri, MHG. schir, G. schier, Dan. sk, Sw. skär, 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.
Additional info about word: SHEER
skirr, AS. scir, OS. skiri, MHG. schir, G. schier, Dan. sk, Sw. skär, 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.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SHEER)
- Precipitous
- Steep
- headlong
- abrupt
- sheer
- perpendicular
- beetling
- rash
- dangerous
- Pure
- Clear
- unmixed
- simple
- genuine
- mere
- absolute
- unadulterated
- uncorrupted
- unsullied
- unblemished
- chaste
- real
- clean
- spotless
- immaculate
- undefiled
- unspotted
- guileless
- innocent
- guiltless
- Utter
- Extreme
- perfect
- complete
- unqualified
- thorough
- consummate
- entire
- pure
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SHEER)
- Neglect
- drop
- interrupt
- nullify
- undo
- baffle
- frustrate
- mar
- defeat
- spoil
- Air
- dry
- ventilate
- fan
- sun
- aridity
- exsiccate
- Recal
- suppress
- repress
- hush
- stifle
- check
- swallow
Related words: (words related to SHEER)
- CHECKWORK
Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of a checkerboard. - CONSUMMATELY
In a consummate manner; completely. T. Warton. - CLEANSABLE
Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood. - STIFLED
Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne. - ARIDITY
1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness. 2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. Norris. - CLEAN-CUT
See CLEAR-CUT - CLEARLY
In a clear manner. - GUILTLESS
1. Free from guilt; innocent. The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Ex. xx. 7. 2. Without experience or trial; unacquainted . Such gardening tools, as art, yet rude, Guiltless of fire, had formed. Milton. - VENTILATE
brandish in the air, to fan, to winnow, from ventus wind; akin to E. 1. To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a - CLEANNESS
1. The state or quality of being clean. 2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer. - CLEARER
A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison. - PERFECT
Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower. Perfect cadence , a complete and satisfactory close in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant. -- Perfect chord , a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly - SUPPRESSOR
One who suppresses. - THOROUGHWORT
See BONESET - SWALLOWFISH
The European sapphirine gurnard . It has large pectoral fins. - STEEP
Bright; glittering; fiery. His eyen steep, and rolling in his head. Chaucer. - BEETLESTOCK
The handle of a beetle. - UTTERLY
In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain. - UTTERNESS
The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost. - CHECKREIN
1. A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein. 2. A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse. - BARK BEETLE
A small beetle of many species , which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage. - UNUTTERABLE
Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish. Sighed and looked unutterable things. Thomson. -- Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*ut"ter*a*bly, adv. - MUTTERER
One who mutters. - CLICK BEETLE
See ELATER - GUTTER
1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough. 2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. Gutters running with ale. Macaulay. 3. Any narrow channel or groove; - BUTTER-SCOTCH
A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. Dickens. - STRAW-CUTTER
An instrument to cut straw for fodder. - UNCLEAN
1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. Num. xix. 11. 3. Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate