Sheer Definition–adjective | 1. | transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings. | | 2. | unmixed with anything else: We drilled a hundred feet through sheer rock. | | 3. | unqualified; utter: sheer nonsense. | | 4. | extending down or up very steeply; almost completely vertical: a sheer descent of rock. | | 5. | British Obsolete. bright; shining. | –adverb | 6. | clear; completely; quite: ran sheer into the thick of battle. | | 7. | perpendicularly; vertically; down or up very steeply. | –noun | 8. | a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile. | |
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Swim Definition–verb (used without object) | 1. | to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc. | | 2. | to float on the surface of water or some other liquid. | | 3. | to move, rest, or be suspended in air as if swimming in water. | | 4. | to move, glide, or go smoothly over a surface. | | 5. | to be immersed or steeped in or overflowing or flooded with a liquid: eyes swimming with tears. | | 6. | to be dizzy or giddy; seem to whirl: My head began to swim. | –verb (used with object) | 7. | to move along in or cross (a body of water) by swimming: to swim a lake. | | 8. | to perform (a particular stroke) in swimming: to swi
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m a sidestroke. | | 9. | to cause to swim or float, as on a stream. | | 10. | to furnish with sufficient water to swim or float. | –noun | 11. | an act, instance, or period of swimming. | | 12. | a motion as of swimming; a smooth, gliding movement. | —Idiom | 13. | in the swim, alert to or actively engaged in events; in the thick of things: Despite her age, she is still in the swim. | |
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Wear Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise. | | 2. | to have or use on the person habitually: to wear a wig. | | 3. | to bear or have in one's aspect
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or appearance: to wear a smile; to wear an air of triumph. | | 4. | to cause (garments, linens, etc.) to deteriorate or change by wear: Hard use has worn these gloves. | | 5. | to impair, deteriorate, or consume gradually by use or any continued process: Long illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks. | | 6. | to waste or diminish gradually by rubbing, scraping, washing, etc.: The waves have worn these rocks. | | 7. | to make (a hole, channel, way, etc.) by such action. | | 8. | to bring about or cause a specified condition in (a person or thing) by use, deterioration, or gradual change: to wear clothes to rags; to wear a person to a shadow. | | 9. | to weary; fatigue; exhaust: Toil and care soon wear the spirit. | | 10. | to pass (time) gradually or tediously (usually fol. by away or out): We wore the afternoon away in arguing. | | 11. | Nautical. to bring (a vessel) on another tack by turning until the wind is on the stern. | | 12. | British Dialect. to gather and herd (sheep or cattle) to a pen or pasture. | –verb (used without object) | 13. | to undergo gradual impairment, diminution, reduction, etc., from wear, use, attrition, or other causes (often fol. by away, down, out, or off). | | 14. | to retain shape, color, usefulness, value, etc., under wear, use, or any continued strain: a strong material that will wear; colors that wear well. | | 15. | (of time) to pass, esp. slowly or tediously (often fol. by on or away): As the day wore on, we had less and less to talk about. | | 16. | to have the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate, esp. after a relatively long association: It's hard to get to know him, but he wears well. | | 17. | Nautical. (of a vessel) to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. | | 18. | Obsolete. to be commonly worn; to be in fashion. | –noun | 19. | the act of wearing; use, as of a garment: articles for winter wear; I've had a lot of wear out of this coat. | | 20. | the state of being worn, as on the person. | | 21. | clothing or other articles for wearing, esp. when fashionable or appropriate for a particular function (often used in combination): travel wear; sportswear. | | 22. | gradual impairment, wasting, diminution, etc., as from use: The carpet shows wear. | | 23. | the quality of resisting deterioration with use; durability. | —Verb phrases | 24. | wear down, | a. | to reduce or impair by long wearing: to wear down the heels of one's shoes. | | b. | to weary; tire: His constant talking wears me down. | | c. | to prevail by persistence; overcome: to wear down the opposition. | | | 25. | wear off, to diminish slowly or gradually or to diminish in effect; disappear: The drug began to wear off. | | 26. | wear out, | a. | to make or become unfit or useless through hard or extended use: to wear out clothes. | | b. | to expend, consume, or remove, esp. slowly or gradually. | | c. | to exhaust, as by continued strain; weary: This endless bickering is wearing me out. | | —Idiom | 27. | wear thin, | a. | to diminish; weaken: My patience is wearing thin. | | b. | to become less appealing, interesting, tolerable, etc.: childish antics that soon wore thin. | | |
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