sheer adjective (THIN) Sheer clothing or material is so thin, light, and delicate that you can see through it: sheer nylon tights

steep, abrupt, precipitous, sheer mean having an incline approaching the perpendicular. steep implies such sharpness of pitch that ascent or descent is very difficult.

Sheer definition: transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics.. See examples of SHEER used in a sentence.

Definition of sheer adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [only before noun] used to emphasize the size, degree or amount of something. The area is under threat from the …

Collocations: sheer [size, strength, expanse, number, weight, amount, force], [amazed, surprised, overwhelmed] by the sheer [size] of it, that was sheer stupidity!, more...

1. transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings. 2. unmixed with anything else; unadulterated: sheer rock; sheer luck. 3. unqualified; utter: sheer nonsense. 4. extending …

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You can use sheer to emphasize that a state or situation is complete and does not involve or is not mixed with anything else.

sheer adjective (LARGE) used to emphasize the large size or amount of something:

Add to word list used to say that a feeling or quality is very strong: a look of sheer delight sheer determination very steep: a sheer cliff face (Definition of sheer from the Webster's Essential …