Fall and Sheer

Fall

Fall verb - To go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.

Sheer and fall are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sheer" instead a verb "Fall".

Nearby Words: falling, fallen

Sheer

Sheer verb - To change one's course or direction.

Fall and sheer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fall" instead a verb "Sheer".

Nearby Words: sheered, sheering

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / Balto Steele accidentally causes himself to fall off a very high cliff while fighting with Balto but survives likely due to hitting several ledges on the way down instead of a sheer drop.
  • Brilliant, but Lazy He's known to fall asleep in class out of sheer boredom, but he's capable of solving a Rubik's cube in the time it takes to say the alphabet from A to F.
  • Soft Water Much is made about the problem (no climbing gear, the one and only flier that got him there is now destroyed), and the sheer height of the fall.
    Source: Soft Water
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