(v. i.) Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
(v. i.) Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
(v. i.) Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
(adv.) Clean; quite; at once.
(v. t.) To shear.
(v. i.) 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.
(n.) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
(n.) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
(n.) A turn or change in a course.
(n.) Shears See Shear.
Example Sentences:
(1) Problems associated with school-based clinics include vehement opposition to sex education, financing, and the sheer magnitude of the adolescents' health needs.
(2) They argue that the US, the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases per capita (China recently surpassed us in sheer volume), needs to lead the fight to limit carbon emissions, rather continuing to block global treaties as it has done in the past.
(3) But with the advantages and attractions that Scotland already has, and, more importantly, taking into account the morale boost, the sheer energisation of a whole people that would come about because we would finally have our destiny at least largely back in our own hands again – I think we could do it.
(4) Obviously, the sheer number of lasers being used both clinically and experimentally indicates a great potential for further advancement and refinement in technique and surgical outcomes.
(5) I was amazed by the sheer scale of the operation, easily mistaken for a full military assault on a kraken.
(6) We can inhabit only one version of being human – the only version that survives today – but what is fascinating is that palaeoanthropology shows us those other paths to becoming human, their successes and their eventual demise, whether through failure or just sheer bad luck.
(7) The report, extracts of which were published by the investigative news website Exaro , is said to include “devastating detail” of the corporation’s “sheer scale of awareness” of the late star’s activities.
(8) There is a policy review process, a manifesto and the small matter of winning another election between here and catastrophe, but the sheer barbarism of the outlined idea is breathtaking.
(9) Back in the 1970s, a severe economic crisis revealed the sheer unsustainability of government policies.
(10) So we started asking them ridiculous questions about being single," says Lucas, "and the sheer number of misunderstandings about each other's lives felt like comedic material."
(11) He skirted round the issue of historic responsibility for the misery but referred to the sheer scale of the sacrifice, pointing out that, among more than 14,000 parishes in the whole of England and Wales, only about 50 so-called "thankful parishes" saw all their soldiers return.
(12) But all that has changed since I discovered the sheer joy of hunting down items with “reduced” stickers at my local Waitrose.
(13) TUC general secretary Brendan Barber welcomed the letters, which argue against the Conservative party's position that the sheer scale of the UK deficit means public spending must be cut immediately.
(14) This year though, the annual fest of tit tape, weepy self-congratulation and sheer star power will be remembered for more than a frock faux pas: there was a serious cock-up .
(15) Brown, from Sheerness in Kent, who was to earn £15,000 a year from the role, has apologised for causing offence with the messages she posted between the ages of 14 and 16.
(16) I hope that people feel inspired enough, maybe in the sheer face of loss, to just do what they should be doing in life.
(17) David Winnick, the MP for Walsall North, said: "None of [May's] excuses can explain away the sheer incompetence and shambles that have occurred on her watch."
(18) Through combination with a spherical disc face perpendicular to the axis of rotation, which protrudes only slightly from the hemispherical catheter tip, with a maximum at the center and minimum at the lateral borders, the lathing head has only a slight risk of perforation and no undesired sheering forces (Figures 2a to 2d).
(19) Redwoods are taller, but giant sequoias win for sheer mass: the General Sherman's trunk has a volume of 1,487 cubic metres and is estimated to weigh over 2,000 tonnes.
(20) "Some of you may have heard we have a new judge this year," said Forsyth, summoning his finest brow-raise and hauling the audience at least temporarily on side by sheer force of showbiz will.
Swerve
Definition:
(v. i.) To stray; to wander; to rope.
(v. i.) To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
(v. i.) To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
(v. i.) To bend; to incline.
(v. i.) To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
(v. t.) To turn aside.
Example Sentences:
(1) Once in the mountains, we were immediately careering along slivers of swerving tarmac under a crystal-blue sky.
(2) Clearly underwhelmed, Pochettino's haste to board Southampton's flight south was such that he swerved post-match media duties.
(3) For US allies, trying to follow Washington’s lead over the past four months has been akin to trying to drive in convoy behind a car swerving violently at high speed, as the competing factions inside lunge for the steering wheel.
(4) Unusual to see one around here until just recently.” More deer vaulted in front of my car on Yubari’s main street the following day, forcing a swerve.
(5) Booed off at the interval, Sunderland began the second half by watching a shot from Stephen Gleeson, the visiting captain, swerve fractionally wide.
(6) Politicians of all parties have swerved this way and that.
(7) Due to oncoming traffic he couldn’t and swerved in towards me and my child on a bike seat.
(8) Swerving sanctions … and Swiss lawyers The Panama Papers help explain how people close to Putin became enriched.
(9) But by exaggerating the point, Parker swerves around another truth – that the UK's intelligence agencies are already scooping up more material than ever before, and GCHQ has an ambition to go further.
(10) Chris – lassoed from a parallel universe where Tom Cruise gave Hollywood a swerve to focus on taking his guitar-alt-musings to open mic spots instead – looks on, coldly dissecting technique and cutting to seduction tips.
(11) 8.23pm BST 38 min: Right on cue, Lampard becomes a positive presence for Chelsea, receiving the ball 25 yards from goal and unleashing a viciously swerving shot that forced Artur to produce a magnificent one-handed save!
(12) I’m waiting to hear what he says about Joshua because I have a feeling he’ll swerve him too.
(13) 45 min: The half concludes with a fine, swerving cross by Belhadj to Djebbour, who, predictably, misses it.
(14) Bale won one from Oliver Norwood in the 56th minute and Michael McGovern had to dive to keep out his dipping, swerving shot.
(15) 53 min: Internazionale goalkeeper Julio Cesar is pressed in to service, diving low and to his right to save a viciously swerving shot from Lionel Messi.
(16) We were able to swerve around the big distributional issues – and indeed the laws of politics – given the supposed end to boom and bust.
(17) The deft swerve around the words "dinner party" (these, being aspirational middle class, are presumably non-U in Maude-ian circles) and "meal" (also non-U, though I've no idea why; I'm only aware of this at all because a horrible old Etonian I once met ticked me off when it fell sluttishly from my lips).
(18) He turned, stepped away from Xavi and thumped a swerving rocket into the top corner by Pinto's near post.
(19) The EgyptAir flight that plunged into the Mediterranean Sea last week did not swerve before it went down, according to senior Egyptian officials, in a sharp contradiction of comments about “sudden swerves” made by the Greek defence minister .
(20) In the video, the driver appears to attempt to swerve away from the activist before knocking him to the road.