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