THIN vs SHEER: NOUN
- N/A
- To deviate from sheer, and risk fouling the anchor.
- The strake under the gunwale on the top side.
- An iron rod lashed to the shrouds just above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines.
- A projection of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane passing through the middle line of the vessel.
- See Shear hulk, under Hulk.
- A boom slanting across a stream to direct floating logs to one side.
- A long strip of wood to guide the carpenters in following the sheer plan.
- Shears See Shear.
- A turn or change in a course.
- The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
- The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
- A light scaffold, usually with three inclined legs, on which miners stand in drilling to get above the drill-rod.
- A curving course or sweep; a deviation or divergence from a particular course.
- The paint-strake or sheer-strake of a vessel.
- The position in which a ship at single anchor is placed to keep her clear of the anchor.
- The rise from a horizontal plane of the longitudinal lines of a ship as seen in looking along its side.
- The position in which a ship at anchor is maintained in order to keep it clear of the anchor.
- The upward curve or amount of upward curve of the longitudinal lines of a ship's hull as viewed from the side.
- A swerving or deviating course.
- One that is sheer, such as a curtain.
THIN vs SHEER: ADJECTIVE
- Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
- Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant
- Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures.
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite
- Not having enough photographic density or contrast to make satisfactory prints. Used of a negative.
- Lacking radiance or intensity.
- Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny.
- Lacking force or substance; flimsy.
- Having a low number of transactions.
- Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty.
- Watery.
- Flowing with relative ease; not viscous.
- More rarefied than normal.
- Not dense or concentrated; sparse.
- Having little bodily flesh or fat; lean or slender.
- Not great in diameter or cross section; fine.
- Relatively small in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension.
- Having little substance or significance
- Not dense
- Very narrow
- Lacking excess flesh
- Relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
- Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
- Lacking spirit or sincere effort
- (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
- Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
- Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright.
- Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics.
- Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
- Almost perpendicular; steep: : steep.
- Considered or operating apart from anything else.
- Free from admixture or adulterants; unmixed.
- Completely such, without qualification or exception.
- Thin, fine, and translucent: : airy.
- So thin as to transmit light
- Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
- Not mixed with extraneous elements
THIN vs SHEER: VERB
- Take off weight
- Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- Lose thickness; become thin or thinner
- Make thin or thinner
- Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- Cause to sheer
THIN vs SHEER: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To approach obliquely.
- To turn or move aside to a distance; to move away.
- To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve.
THIN vs SHEER: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
- To shear.
THIN vs SHEER: ADVERB
- Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state.
- So as to be thin.
- In a thin manner.
- Without viscosity
- Clean; quite; at once.
- Completely; altogether.
- Almost perpendicularly.
- Straight up or down without a break
- Directly
THIN vs SHEER: OTHER WORD TYPES
- A fragile claim to fame"
- Not viscous
- Become thin or thinner
- Lose thickness
- Lacking substance or significance
- A Middle English form of thine.
- To become thin.
- To make bare or empty.
- To reduce in numbers or frequency.
- To make lean or spare.
- To reduce in strength or richness: as, to thin the blood.
- To reduce in consistency or viscosity: said of liquids: as, to thin starch.
- To make less dense or compact; make sparse; specifically, to rarefy, as a gas.
- To make thin.
- Having insufficient density or contrast to give a good photographic print or a satisfactory image on the screen; weak: said of a negative or a lantern-slide.
- Having no depth: said of a school of fish.
- Scantily occupied or furnished; bare; empty: used absolutely or with of.
- Limited in quantity or number; small or infrequent; scanty.
- Meager; lean; spare; not plump or fat.
- Limited in power or capacity; feeble; weak.
- Of sound, lacking in fullness; faint, and often somewhat shrill or metallic in tone.
- Deficient in some characteristic or important ingredient; lacking strength or richness; specifically, of liquors, small: opposed to strong.
- Having slight consistency or viscosity: said of liquids: as, thin syrup; thin gruel.
- Hence, easily seen through; transparent, literally or figuratively; shallow; flimsy; slight: as, a thin disguise.
- Having the constituent parts loose or sparse in arrangement; lacking density, compactness, or luxuriance; rare; specifically, of the air and other gases, rarefied.
- Very narrow in one diameter; having the opposite surfaces very near together; having little thickness or depth; not thick; not heavy: as, thin paper; thin boards: opposed to thick.
- Very narrow in all diameters; slender; slim; long and fine: as, a thin wire; a thin string.
- Thinly.
- 14. In art, characterized, in composition, by few and widely separated elements, by absence of serious interest, or by lack of body and force in technique.
- (transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become thin or thinner.
- Very steep
- Change direction abruptly
- Turn sharply
- Completely
- Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- Nautical, to swerve or deviate from a line or course; turn aside or away, as for the purpose of avoiding collision or other danger: as, to sheer off from a rock.
- An obsolete spelling of shear.
- To make pure; clear; purify.
- Quite; right; straight; clean.
- Very thin and delicate; diaphanous: especially said of cambric or muslin.
- Straight up or straight down; perpendicular; precipitous; unobstructed: as, a sheer descent.
- Absolute; utter; downright: as, sheer nonsense or ignorance; sheer waste; sheer stupidity.
- Uncombined with anything else; simple; mere; bare; by itself.
- Pure; clear; bright; shining.
- (intransitive; transitive verb) To swerve or cause to swerve from a course.
THIN vs SHEER: RELATED WORDS
- Pale, Anorexic, Spindly, Stringy, Lean, Wispy, Ribbonlike, Narrow, Sparse, Flat, Flimsy, Weak, Slender, Skinny, Slim
- Steep, Thin, Rank, Filmy, Unmixed, Complete, Gauzy, Cobwebby, Downright, Vaporous, Diaphanous, Plain, Gossamer, Absolute, Pure
THIN vs SHEER: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Pale, Anorexic, Spindly, Stringy, Lean, Wispy, Ribbonlike, Narrow, Sparse, Flat, Flimsy, Weak, Slender, Skinny, Slim
- Steep, Thin, Rank, Filmy, Unmixed, Complete, Gauzy, Cobwebby, Downright, Vaporous, Diaphanous, Plain, Gossamer, Absolute, Pure
THIN vs SHEER: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Do you have a thin kerf rip blade?
- Examples include chap, ship, thin, whiz, and photo.
- Europa has a thin atmosphere rich with oxygen.
- Patient skin is velvety thin, loose, and stretchable.
- US, or thin clothes when it is snowing.
- It adds a thin coating of silicone over your case and then caps it with a thin aluminum shell with a matte finish.
- The tart looks amazing, thin on crust meaning thin on calories!
- They may become abnormally thin, or thin for their body, and still talk about feeling fat.
- Bandgap engineering of titanium based oxynitride thin films and molybdenum disulfide thin fi.
- Shannon Thin Elk, Julie Thin Elk and Carrie Thin Elk.
- The Jumeirah Zabeel Saray is about sheer indulgence.
- Not to mention the sheer pleasure of it.
- For a more sheer coverage, warm between fingertips.
- We gasped before our television with sheer excitement.
- Wallenda, who defied gravity out of sheer heart.
- The growth in sheer numbers brought heavy clout.
- Sheer chaos seems inevitable in that unhappy instance.
- Cooper is sheer class as his mirror image.
- The airport can be the springboard for sheer frustration or sheer joy, depending on the day, your destination and the service.
- We also carry sheer weight interfacing, which is meant to be used for clothing and decorations that utilize sheer fabrics.
THIN vs SHEER: QUESTIONS
- Is foreign debt included in thin capitalization rule?
- What are the disadvantages of thin client computing?
- Can You thin Bullseye Shellac with denatured alcohol?
- What is high-performance thin layer chromatography?
- Do thin capitalization rules affect leverage ratios?
- What is thin stillage fractionation using ultrafiltration?
- How long did Thin Lizzy's'Thin Lizzy'stay on the charts?
- Do thin films with crystalline absorber thin films produce better cell structures?
- Are ultra thin socks thin enough to go barefoot in shoes?
- Why do most Africans have thin noses and thin lips?
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- What undergarments do you wear under a sheer dress?
- Is Neutrogena Ultra sheer dry-touch sunscreen any good?
- What is the SPF of Neutrogena sheer zinc sunscreen?
- What is sheer fabric and semi-transparent material?
- Why choose Navarro sheer grommet top window curtains?
- Which luxury fashion brands are Embracing sheer clothes?
- Why choose luxaflex luminette privacy sheer blinds?
- What makes a swimsuit sheer when wet and sheer when dry?
- Was his success due to sheer willpower or sheer chance?