# sheers

Pronunciation: say "SHEERZ" US /ʃɪɹz/, UK /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/

## Noun

1. Plural of sheer. — plural of sheer
   - Simple: Plural of sheer. Often means thin, see-through curtains.
   - _The decorator layered gauzy sheers beneath the heavier drapes._
   - _Morning light filtered gently through the bedroom sheers._
3. A lifting apparatus formed from two or more spars joined at the top, with tackle hung from the apex to raise heavy weights.
   - Simple: A lifting tool made of two long poles joined at the top, used to raise heavy loads.
   - _Riggers erected sheers alongside the hull to step the new mast._
   - _The yard's sheers swung the cannon slowly into the ship's hold._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of sheer. — third-person singular simple present indicative of sheer
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of sheer. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The vessel sheers sharply to port to avoid the sandbar._
   - _Whenever the tide turns, the moored ship sheers against its lines._

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