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      [Verb]  | "sheer" 


      1: to deviate from a course : swerve

      2: to cause to sheer


      Origin: 1539 ;

       Perhaps alteration of {see: |shear:1|shear:1};

      [Noun]  | "sheer" 


      1: a sheer fabric; also : an article of such a fabric


      Origin: circa 1920 ;

      [Noun]  | "sheer" 


      1: a turn, deviation, or change in a course (as of a ship)

      2: the position of a ship riding to a single anchor and heading toward it


      Origin: 1670 ;

      [Noun]  | "sheer" 


      1: the fore-and-aft curvature from bow to stern of a ship's deck as shown in side elevation


      Origin: 1691 ;

       Perhaps alteration of {see: |shear:2|shear:2};

      [Verb]  | "sheers" 


      1: to change one's course or direction;


        * e.g., " ... the cruise ship sheered to the northwest, putting it safely out of the path of the hurricane "





      2: to depart abruptly from a straight line or course;


        * e.g., " ... the car sheered to avoid hitting the dog "



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      [Verb]  | "sheer" 


      1: to change one's course or direction;


        * e.g., " ... the cruise ship sheered to the northwest, putting it safely out of the path of the hurricane "





      2: to depart abruptly from a straight line or course;


        * e.g., " ... the car sheered to avoid hitting the dog "



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