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— English words —

• sheer adj. (Textiles) Very thin or transparent.
• sheer adj. (Obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.
• sheer adj. (By extension) Downright; complete; pure.
• sheer adj. Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.
• sheer adj. Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
• sheer adv. (Archaic) Clean; quite; at once.
• sheer n. A sheer curtain or fabric.
• sheer n. (Nautical) The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.
• sheer n. (Nautical) An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.
• sheer v. (Chiefly nautical) To swerve from a course.
• sheer v. (Obsolete) To shear.
• Sheer prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Burushaski
  • sheer n. Lion.
• Manx
  • sheer- pref. Continuous, endless, permanent, interminable, perpetual, ceaseless, persistent, lasting, continual…
• Middle english
  • sheer n. Alternative form of shere.

— English words, defined in German —

• sheer Adj. Bloß, pur, rein, schier, blank.
• sheer Adj. Steil.
• sheer Adj. Von Material: dünn, dünnwandig.
• sheer Adj. Von Kleidung: durchsichtig, dünn, transparent.
• sheer Adv. Steil, jäh.
• sheer V. Ausscheren, die Richtung abrupt ändern, ausweichen.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• sheer bijv. Zuiver, puur.
• sheer bijv. Licht, doorschijnend.
• sheer bijv. Steil, loodrecht.

— English words, defined in French —

• sheer adj. (Textile) Transparent (car extra fin).
• sheer adj. Pur.
• sheer adj. Vertical, à pic, abrupte.
• sheer adv. Complètement, en plein.
• sheer adv. À pic.
• sheer v. (Marine) Faire une embardée, virer brusquement.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• sheer adj. Puro, auténtico.
• sheer adj. Mero.
• sheer adj. Transparente.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• sheer adj. Puro, límpido, transparente.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• sheer agg. Completo.

62 English words from 15 English definitions

abrupt almost Alternative amount Archaic at␣once bow bow␣to By␣extension ceaseless Chiefly Clean complete composition continual Continuous course curtain curve deck degree Downright emphasize endless extension fabric form from gunwale interminable lasting Lion main main␣deck nautical Obsolete of␣a once permanent perpendicular perpetual persistent pure quite shear sheer ship something steep stern surname swerve Textiles the thin transparent unadulterated unmixed Used Used␣to vertical Very

20 English words from 20 foreign definitions

abrupt blank car Completo die en␣plein extra Faire fin Marine Material Mero pic pur Puro rein Steil Textile transparent Vertical

29 foreign words from 20 foreign definitions

abrupte ändern à␣pic Ausscheren ausweichen auténtico Bloß brusquement Complètement doorschijnend dünn durchsichtig embardée Faire␣une Faire␣une␣embardée jäh Kleidung Licht límpido loodrecht plein puur Richtung schier transparente une virer Von Zuiver

24 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

sheers Sheers Sheeran sheered sheerer Sheerin Sheerio sheerly Sheerans sheerest sheering Sheerins Sheerios sheerleg sheermal sheer␣hulk sheerlegs sheerness Sheerness sheer␣hulks sheerwater sheernesses sheerwaters sheer-to-waist

4 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

shaksheers shamsheers tabasheers plank-sheers

9 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Basheer semisheer shaksheer shamsheer tabasheer break␣sheer plank-sheer supersheer ultrasheer

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eer EER -eer e'er hee Hee heer she She SHE s/he she- (s)he shee

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ehs EHS EH&S ree Ree REE

9 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Esher heers heres here's herse Herse HREEs Rhees Shere

80 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Aheers Berhes bheers cheers creesh Ehlers Ehrets Ernseh ershes Escher Esther ethers Fehers freshe geresh harees heares hearse heders Hegers Heiers heires Heiser Hereks herems heresy Hermes Hernes heroes herpes hersed Hersee hersen herses Hersey hesher Hesler Hesper Hesser Hester Heuser hewers hexers Heyers heyres hirees Kehres kheers Lesher Nehers +30 words

34 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

EERs eesh EHRs eres Erse ersh heer Hees here hers Hers her's Her's HREE H.Res. H.␣Res. HSer rees Rees REEs Rehe rehs rese resh Resh Rhee RSeH RSHE seer SEER sere SERE shee Sher

24 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Aheer bheer cheer kheer pheer shear Shear sheen Sheen sheep sheet Sheet shier Shier shoer shyer skeer sleer sneer speer steer Steer sweer theer

5 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

heer seer SEER shee Sher

4 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Scheer Sherer shewer shmeer

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