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sheers

UK/ʃɪə(ɹ)z/US/ʃɪɹz/

sheers is the plural of sheer.

sheers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sheer.

Meaning of sheer

Noun (1)

sheer (plural sheers)

  1. A sheer curtain or fabric.
    • Use sheers to maximize natural light.

Noun (2)

sheer (plural sheers)

  1. The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.
  2. An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.

See all 11 meanings of sheer

Noun

sheers pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of shear legs.
    Synonyms:
    shear legs

Proper noun capitalized: Sheers

Sheers

  1. (plural) plural of Sheer

Synonyms of sheers

Words that rhyme with sheers

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Questions about sheers

What does sheers mean?
Sheers means synonym of shear legs.
What is sheers the plural of?
Sheers is the plural of sheer.
What part of speech is sheers?
Sheers can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sheers?
Sheers is pronounced /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/ (UK).

Words near sheers in the dictionary

  1. sheerly
  2. sheermal
  3. sheerness
  4. Sheerness-on-Sea
  5. sheernesses
  6. sheers
  7. sheerwater
  8. sheerwaters
  9. sheesh
  10. sheesh kebab
  11. sheesh kebabs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sheers (page history and authors); Sheers (page history and authors); sheer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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