sheers in English

verb

1

(typically of a boat or ship) swerve or change course quickly.

the boat sheered off to beach further up the coast

synonyms: swerve, veer, slew, skew, swing, change course

noun

1

a very fine or diaphanous fabric or article.

Quick to sew in less than two hours, you can sew this shrug in a variety of fabrics: sheers - such as georgette and chiffon - shantungs, linen, crepe, even velvet.

2

a sudden deviation from a course, especially by a boat.

The vessel apparently, through something having gone wrong with the steering gear, took a sudden sheer to port, ran out of the channel and grounded on the edge of it.

3

the upward slope of a ship's lines toward the bow and stern.

The sheer of the B40 is slightly flatter, the transom more vertical and broader, and the bow slightly less spoon-shaped.

verb

swerve, veer, slew, skew, swing, change course
turn away from, flinch from, recoil from, shy away from, avoid
trend, slew, cut, slue, veer, swerve, curve

Use "sheers" in a sentence

1. Sheers are designed with Velcro fasteners on top to easily attach to Cornice frame

2. A new range of Swiss sheers and prints with louvred blinds to match.

3. The effective aft/forward sheers Sev/Sea are calculated using the following formulae:

4. Breasthook A knee which mounts atop the stem, to which the sheers attach

5. Rimmed by a waist-high balustrade,(sentence dictionary) the garden sheers down some twenty feet.

6. "Those that have been wounded in conflict have an absolute right to have their voices heard," Mr Sheers said.

7. Owen Sheers, the writer, and Stephen Rayne, the director, derived their narrative from interviews with the soldiers.

8. The wall is, also here, marked by sheers, commonly talcose, and the beds of phyllite are cut and dragged by the movements.

9. As he leans over, the boat sheers again into the stream, the stem-post breaks away and she is loose.

10. The Breasthook is a triangluar shaped piece of plywood that is attached to the stem to provide a place for the sheers to attach

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