SHEERING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

sheering

verb

present participle of sheer

as in deviating

to change one's course or direction the cruise ship sheered to the northwest, putting it safely out of the path of the hurricane

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Relevance

as in veering

to depart abruptly from a straight line or course the car sheered to avoid hitting the dog

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

straightening

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Verb

The complication shows the moon phases for both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, with a 135-tooth driving wheel that drastically enhances accuracy, deviating by just one day every 122 years.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2026
But maybe a line between North and South Carolina, between Tennessee and Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi then deviating south to divide Louisiana and Arkansas.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of deviating

Verb

Her penchant for polished and voluminous hair and luminous skin feels romantic without veering into the overly sweet.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026
The 14-song set list provided a nifty overview of the breadth of her musical influences, veering from mountain music to her key country efforts to her crossover material and to the spiritual themes that invariably informed her work.

— Tom Roland, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of veering

Verb

The verdict came just three days after regulators seized Ueno Bank, cutting nearly 3 million customers off from their savings and bank cards and setting off a political crisis.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
The little lumberjack walked to the far end of the forest and started cutting.

— Jeremy Macliver, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of cutting

Verb

No-brainer options included handsome denims with a curving leg and neo-suiting playing on mixing rather than matching sets.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
The tangle of stubby points stood out like overgrown thumbs, and the down-curving prongs on either side of his head were at least a foot long.

— Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of curving

Verb

The out-of-control motion radiated down to the spacecraft itself, which began yawing and pitching in response to the force.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
Combining that data with a simple wind model, the algorithm projected that yawing each of the five upstream turbines about 20 degrees to the north would maximize the group's generation from the northwest winds.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 1 July 2019

Definition of yawing

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