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.

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

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

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 …

Definition of sheer adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

When an object or situation is described as sheer, it implies an unmitigated or pure form, often emphasizing its intensity, magnitude, or starkness. It can connote a sense of sheer beauty, …

SHEER meaning: 1 : used to emphasize the large amount, size, or degree of something; 2 : complete and total

4 days ago · Perhaps as startling as the sheer toll was the devastation to some of the state’s well-known locales. Boardwalks along the beach in Seaside Heights, Belmar and other towns on …