Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sheer
Participle: sheered
Gerund: sheering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sheer |
| you | sheer |
| he;she;it | sheers |
| we | sheer |
| you | sheer |
| they | sheer |
Perfect
| I | have sheered |
| you | have sheered |
| he;she;it | has sheered |
| we | have sheered |
| you | have sheered |
| they | have sheered |
Past
| I | sheered |
| you | sheered |
| he;she;it | sheered |
| we | sheered |
| you | sheered |
| they | sheered |
Pluperfect
| I | had sheered |
| you | had sheered |
| he;she;it | had sheered |
| we | had sheered |
| you | had sheered |
| they | had sheered |
Future
| I | will sheer |
| you | will sheer |
| he;she;it | will sheer |
| we | will sheer |
| you | will sheer |
| they | will sheer |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sheered |
| you | will have sheered |
| he;she;it | will have sheered |
| we | will have sheered |
| you | will have sheered |
| they | will have sheered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sheer |
| you | sheer |
| he;she;it | sheer |
| we | sheer |
| you | sheer |
| they | sheer |
Perfect
| I | have sheered |
| you | have sheered |
| he;she;it | have sheered |
| we | have sheered |
| you | have sheered |
| they | have sheered |
Imperfect
| I | sheered |
| you | sheered |
| he;she;it | sheered |
| we | sheered |
| you | sheered |
| they | sheered |
Pluperfect
| I | had sheered |
| you | had sheered |
| he;she;it | had sheered |
| we | had sheered |
| you | had sheered |
| they | had sheered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sheer |
| you | would sheer |
| he;she;it | would sheer |
| we | would sheer |
| you | would sheer |
| they | would sheer |
Perfect
| I | would have sheered |
| you | would have sheered |
| he;she;it | would have sheered |
| we | would have sheered |
| you | would have sheered |
| they | would have sheered |
Imperative
| you | sheer |
| we | Let's sheer |
| you | sheer |
Verbs conjugated like 'sheer'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sheer'
cheer,
shear,
sheen,
sheet,
shmeer,
skeer,
sneer,
speer,
steer,
beer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Perhaps from Dutch scheren (“to move aside, skim”); see also shear. See: Dutch '
scheren'.
Sample Sentences
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I sheered her well inshore—the water being deepest near the bank, as the sounding–pole informed me. [1899 March, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MI, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part II:]
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Seydlitz correctly identifies the larger shell splashes as coming from the two "large light cruisers" at the rear, and takes aim. Moments later, Courageous sheers out of line, smoke and steam venting through a massive hole in her side, the shells having blasted right through whatever excuse for armor was present and detonated amidst the boiler rooms. She is doomed. [2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 15:10 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022:]
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So thick, our navy scarce could sheer their way [1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):]