sheer
adjective
transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics.
sheered
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past participleof sheer.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof sheer.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
sheeradjectivetransparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics.
Example Sentences
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Several news outlets showed video of a light blue Ferrari 812 Superfast with one of its wheels and side bumpers sheered off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
Hair sheered from victims to make cloth is considered a sacred human remain which cannot be photographed and is not subjected to conservation efforts.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023
A bed complete with its patterned sheet and pillow visible inside a room whose outside wall had been sheered clean away showed the scale of the task ahead.
From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2023
“Shape” boasts eccentric tutus — square, half, sheered off on one side — by the design duo Viktor & Rolf, no strangers to conceptual art and performance.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2014
Sometimes he sheered off the subject, or turned the conversation by pretending not to understand; but generally he answered all I asked most frankly.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
