Definitionen
1.AdjectiveVery thin or transparent."Her light, sheer dress caught everyone’s attention."
2.AdjectivePure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.
3.AdjectiveDownright; complete; pure."I think it is sheer genius to invent such a thing.; This poem is sheer nonsense."
4.AdjectiveUsed to emphasize the amount or degree of something."The army's sheer size made it impossible to resist."
5.AdjectiveVery steep; almost vertical or perpendicular."It was a sheer drop of 180 feet."
6.AdverbClean; completely; at once.
7.NounA sheer curtain or fabric."Use sheers to maximize natural light."
8.NounThe curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.
9.NounAn abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.
10.VerbTo swerve from a course.
11.VerbObsolete spelling of shear.