Sheering - English meaning

Sheering – definitions in English dictionary

verb
(typically of a boat) swerve or change course quickly.
Usage examples:
The boat sheered off to beach further up the coast
Synonims:
Swerve Swing Veer Slew Skew Change course Drift Yaw

adjective
Nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis)
Usage examples:
She giggled with sheer delight

adjective
(especially of a cliff or wall) perpendicular or nearly so.
Usage examples:
The sheer ice walls

adjective
(of a fabric) very thin; diaphanous.
Usage examples:
Sheer white silk chiffon

adverb
Perpendicularly.
Usage examples:
The ridge fell sheer, in steep crags

adverb
Completely; right.
Usage examples:
She went sheer forward when the door was open

noun
A very fine or diaphanous fabric or article.
Usage examples:
I put up the new curtains and sheers

noun
A sudden deviation from a course, especially by a boat.
Usage examples:
The vessel apparently, through something having gone wrong with the steering gear, took a sudden sh…

noun
The upward slope of a ship's lines towards the bow and stern.
Usage examples:
The sheer of the b40 is slightly flatter, the transom more vertical and broader, and the bow slight…

verb
Present participle of sheer
Usage examples:
I thought the boats were going to collide, but one sheered off/away at the last second.

Sheering translation into English

Sheering: translate from English into Chinese

斜切, 躲开, 躲避

Sheering: translate from English into Dutch

Schelden, Uit de koers lopen, Uit de weg gaan

Sheering: translate from English into French

Tondre, Faire une embardée

Sheering: translate from English into German

Scheren

Sheering: translate from English into Hindi

शियरिंग

Sheering: translate from English into Italian

Sheering, Deviare

Sheering: translate from English into Korean

시어링, 피하다, 침로에서 빗나가다

Sheering: translate from English into Russian

Стрижка, Отклоняться от курса

Sheering: translate from English into Spanish

Esquilar, Caer a pico

Word origin

early 17th century: perhaps from Middle Low German scheren ‘to shear’.

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Sheering – similar words

sheered

verb
(typically of a boat) swerve or change course quickly.
Usage examples:
The boat sheered off to beach further up the coast

adjective
Nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis)
Usage examples:
She giggled with sheer delight

adjective
(especially of a cliff or wall) perpendicular or nearly so.
Usage examples:
The sheer ice walls

Sheered - all meanings in English

sheer

adjective
Nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis).
Usage examples:
She giggled with sheer delight

adverb
Perpendicularly.
Usage examples:
The ridge fell sheer, in steep crags

noun
A very fine or diaphanous fabric or article.
Usage examples:
I put up the new curtains and sheers

Sheer - all meanings in English

Sheering synonims

drift

verb
Be carried slowly by a current of air or water.
Usage examples:
The cabin cruiser started to drift downstream

noun
A continuous slow movement from one place to another.
Usage examples:
There was a drift to the towns

Drift - all meanings in English

skew

adjective
Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked.
Usage examples:
His hat looked slightly skew

noun
An oblique angle; a slant.
Usage examples:
The most important effect of the skew in angle is the raised plateau of entrance court created in t…

verb
Suddenly change direction or position.
Usage examples:
The car had skewed across the track

Skew - all meanings in English

slew

verb
Turn or slide violently or uncontrollably.
Usage examples:
The renault slewed from side to side in the snow

noun
A violent or uncontrollable sliding movement.
Usage examples:
I was assaulted by the thump and slew of the van

verb
Past of slay1.

Slew - all meanings in English

swerve

verb
Change or cause to change direction abruptly.
Usage examples:
A lorry swerved across her path

noun
An abrupt change of direction.
Usage examples:
Do not make sudden swerves, particularly around parked vehicles

verb
Turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Swerve - all meanings in English

swing

verb
Move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.
Usage examples:
Her long black skirt swung about her legs

noun
A seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.
Usage examples:
The chains that had been holding the seat of the swing up were still sticking straight out.

verb
Change direction with a swinging motion; turn

Swing - all meanings in English

veer

verb
Change direction suddenly.
Usage examples:
An oil tanker that had veered off course

noun
A sudden change of direction.
Usage examples:
In particular, sword wants to discover what triggers the insects' specific movements - a sudden vee…

verb
Slacken or let out (a rope or cable) in a controlled way.

Veer - all meanings in English

yaw

verb
(of a moving ship or aircraft) twist or oscillate about a vertical axis.
Usage examples:
The jet yawed sharply to the right

noun
Twisting or oscillation of a moving ship or aircraft about a vertical axis.
Usage examples:
Applying the opposite rudder will tend to reduce the yaw

verb
If an aircraft or ship yaws, it moves slightly to the side of its intended direction
Usage examples:
The boat pitched and yawed in the bay., witnesses to the crash reported seeing the challenger yaw t…

Yaw - all meanings in English

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