sheer

Etymology 1
From, , , , from , from ; supplanted the semantically close (dialectal), from , , , , from , beside which existed , from , both from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Outside Germanic, cognate to 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1)  Very thin or transparent.
 * 2)  Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.
 * 3)  Downright; complete; pure.
 * 4) Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
 * 1)  Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.
 * 2)  Downright; complete; pure.
 * 3) Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
 * 1)  Downright; complete; pure.
 * 2) Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
 * 1) Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
 * 1) Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
 * 1) Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
 * 1) Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
 * 1) Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
 * 1) Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
 * 1) Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
 * 1) Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
 * 1) Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.

Synonyms

 * , (obsolete), pure, unmitigated
 * , (obsolete), pure, unmitigated
 * , (obsolete), pure, unmitigated

Translations

 * Arabic: شَفَّاف
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, harsomainen, seitinohut,
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: mín
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Bokmål:
 * Old Saxon: skir
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, прозиран
 * Slovak: číry, priesvitný
 * Spanish:, , muy delgado
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: прозо́рий


 * Arabic: شَدِيْد
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish: ren og skær
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, ,
 * Italian: vero e proprio
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: merus
 * Maori:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: по́вний, чи́стий


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Ukrainian: чи́стий, і́стиний, спра́вжній


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἠλίβατος, αἰπύς
 * Maori: mote, taparere
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Bokmål:, , bratt
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: перпендикуля́рний, прямови́сний, вертика́льний

Adverb

 * 1)  Clean; completely; at once.

Translations

 * Finnish:, , , tykkänään


 * Finnish:, ,


 * Finnish: ,

Noun

 * 1) A sheer curtain or fabric.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:, , valoverhokangas;

Etymology 2
from ; see also.

Noun

 * 1)  The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.
 * 2)  An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Greek:, λουνάδα, καραβίζι,
 * Hebrew:


 * Bulgarian: отклонение от курса
 * Finnish: jiiraus

Verb

 * 1)  To swerve from a course.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: отклонявам се от курса
 * Finnish:, poiketa kurssista
 * Hebrew: סוֹטֵט
 * Manx: crogh
 * Russian: отклоня́ться от ку́рса
 * Ukrainian: відхиля́тися від ку́рсу