sheering
present 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
Examplesofsheering
sheering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
In this process the student will come to understand at least the following ideas: vector and matrix transformation, translation, rotation, scaling,sheering, contraction mapping and recursion.
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She was diagnosed as having epidermolysis bullosa, which is a genetic disease that results in blistering andsheeringof the skin if it is so much as touched.
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The community became a very good place to gather sheep in the spring forsheering.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Here however, thesheeringis voluntary, and from it comes the redemption of art.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The hinges for the control surfaces can be made bysheeringone of the twinwalls of the plastic sheet and no special hinging device is required.
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