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break sheer

break sheer verb: to deviate from sheer, and risk fouling the anchor.

Verb

break sheer (third-person singular simple present breaks sheer, present participle breaking sheer, simple past broke sheer, past participle broken sheer)

  1. To deviate from sheer, and risk fouling the anchor.

Forms of break sheer

third-person singular presentbreaks sheer
present participlebreaking sheer
pastbroke sheer
past participlebroken sheer

Questions about break sheer

What does break sheer mean?
Break sheer means to deviate from sheer, and risk fouling the anchor.
What part of speech is break sheer?
Break sheer is a verb.
What is the past tense of break sheer?
The past tense of break sheer is broke sheer.

Words near break sheer in the dictionary

  1. break ranks
  2. break reality
  3. break rigor
  4. break room
  5. break rooms
  6. break sheer
  7. break shins
  8. break silence
  9. break someone's back
  10. break someone's balls
  11. break someone's face

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