Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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sheer | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
rank | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
sheer (noun) | rank (noun) |
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a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another | |
the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army) | |
the body of members of an organization or group | |
relative status | |
position in a social hierarchy |
sheer (adjective) | rank (adjective) |
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complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | growing profusely |
not mixed with extraneous elements | complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers |
very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible |
so thin as to transmit light | very fertile; producing profuse growth |
very offensive in smell or taste |
sheer (verb) | rank (verb) |
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turn sharply; change direction abruptly | assign a rank or rating to |
cause to sheer | take or have a position relative to others |
take precedence or surpass others in rank |
sheer (adverb) | rank (adverb) |
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completely | |
straight up or down without a break |