sheered
past simple and past participle ofsheer
sheer
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
uk/ʃɪər/us/ʃɪr/tochangedirectionsuddenly:
Ithoughttheboatswere going tocollide, but one sheeredoff/awayat the last second.
Changing direction
- about-face
- about-turn
- bore
- branch off
- break
- cut
- decoy
- deflect
- divert
- glance
- glance off(something)
- head
- head off
- oscillate
- oscillation
- peaked
- turn
- veer
- yo-yo
- yo-yoing
Examplesofsheered
sheered
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
As a result of collisions with the ice, a bow plate had buckled and numerous rivets hadsheeredor loosened, and she was taking water at an alarming rate.
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Destroyer wished him good luck andsheeredoff.
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Such fighter aircraft as were encounteredsheeredoff when fired upon.
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Such fighter aircraft as were encounteredsheeredoff on meeting our fire.
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From that hesheeredoff into his familiar statement of the case about our insular and naval position, and so on.
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But those are the reasons that wesheeredaway from it and felt that it was not the road that we wanted to go down.
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But he has againsheeredaway from the logic of his argument.
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They may havesheeredoff afterwards, but they had at one time intended it, otherwise they would not have passed legislation empowering them to do so.
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To that effect, it hassheeredoff some brigades from existing divisions as well as establishing new brigades alongside of them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The damage increased until her back was broken and the bow sectionsheeredaround perpendicular to the keel.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Over the next 24 hours the disturbance persisted in a weeklysheeredenvironment to the southeast of an upper level outflow centre.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each, in turn,sheeredoff toward shore and beached herself.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are naturally polled and have a tuft of long wool on top of the head which is not typicallysheered(for aesthetic purposes).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He kept on at full speed, receiving a second broadside and part of a third, when hesheeredoff and returned the fire from his starboard battery.
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