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Definition of sheer verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sheer

verb
 
/ʃɪə(r)/
 
/ʃɪr/
Word Originverb early 17th cent.: perhaps from Middle Low German scheren ‘to shear’.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they sheer
 
/ʃɪə(r)/
 
/ʃɪr/
he / she / it sheers
 
/ʃɪəz/
 
/ʃɪrz/
past simple sheered
 
/ʃɪəd/
 
/ʃɪrd/
past participle sheered
 
/ʃɪəd/
 
/ʃɪrd/
-ing form sheering
 
/ˈʃɪərɪŋ/
 
/ˈʃɪrɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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