Sheer

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Sheer

Sheer : நிர்வாண, எதுவும் அணியப்படாத

Sheer : எதுவும் அணியப்படாத,நிர்வாண,நிர்வாண,எதுவும் அணியப்படாத

Sheer : எதுவும் அணியப்படாத,நிர்வாண,நிர்வாண,எதுவும் அணியப்படாத

Sheer definition

Intransitive verb.

  1. Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
  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.
  4. Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
  5. 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.

Adverb. Clean; quite; at once.

Transitive verb. To shear.

Noun.

  1. The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
  2. The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
  3. A turn or change in a course.
  4. Shears See Shear.