sheering
SaySHEER-ing/ˈʃɪəɹɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of sheer.
The vessel began sheering off course as the current strengthened.
Sheering away from the reef, the captain steered into deeper water.
Note
The -ing form of the swerving verb works both progressively (the ship was sheering off) and as a noun for the swerve itself, and it usually travels with off or away. Older writing can mislead: sheer was once an obsolete spelling of shear, so sheering sheep there means cutting their wool. The adjective sheer (thin, utter, as in sheer luck) has no -ing form and plays no part here.
sheering is a form of sheer
sheer, verb: To swerve away from a set course, as a ship. Full entry
- Spelling
- sheer → sheering: add -ing
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