sheer

5 letters in word "sheer": E E H R S.

Anagrams of sheer:

• heres

• herse

• shere

Words found within sheer:

ee eh ehs er ere eres ers es he her here hers hes re ree rees reh rehs res resh see seer ser sere sh she

• Definitions:
• absolute: complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit ... plain: not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" swerve: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" bluff: 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" straight up or down without a break cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle" diaphanous: 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" directly; "he fell sheer into the water"
• When applied to fabric, the term sheer refers to semi-transparent and flimsy cloth.
• Fibre: Any fibre. Weave: Mostly plain but could be various weaves. Characteristics: Any very light-weight fabric (eg chiffon, georgette, voile, sheer crepe). Usually has an open weave. They mostly feel cool.
• (1) The fore and aft curvature of the deck.
• A term used to describe garments that are transparent and allow the body to be seen.
• 1.The upward curve of the deck of a ship toward the bow and stern with the lowest point at or near the waist when viewed from the side. 2.The position of a ship riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
• A widely used, but undefined term, commonly used as a hosiery descriptive
• (1) transparent, as in: Women usually wear sheer hosiery in warm weather.
• The fore and aft curving sides of a hull.
• A drapery panel made of sheer or translucent fabric, sometimes used underneath an outer drapery.
• [Scheer, der] The intersection between the deck and the hull of a boat. It is considered positive if the ends are higher than the mid-sections and vice versa. See also: Gunwale
• Transparent or nearly so. Something that does little to block the transmission of light is sheer. Opposite of opaque. Like the see-through chemise in the illustration.
• The curve of the deck or gunwale as viewed from the side.
• a thin, fine, transparent fabric. Opposite of opaque
• A fine thin very light-weight woven semi-transparent fabric with an open weave that has a translucent texture.

• sheepy ←
• sheepwalks ←
• sheepwalk ←
• sheer
• → sheered
• → sheerer
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