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| sheer [ sheer ] |
adjective |
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1. complete and utter: used to emphasize the unlimited extent or unmitigated quality of something
  That explanation is sheer nonsense.
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2. exclusive of anything else: considered by itself without reference to anything else, or acting by itself without help from anything else
She won the race by sheer endurance.
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3. pure or unadulterated: free of any impurities, or not mixed with anything else
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4. vertical: rising nearly straight up or falling nearly straight down over a long distance
They looked over the edge and there was a sheer drop.
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5. thin and almost transparent: so thin and fine as to be almost transparent
a sheer summer blouse
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adverb |
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1. vertically: with an almost vertical rise or fall
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2. completely: completely and utterly
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noun (plural sheers) |
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nearly transparent fabric: a fabric or piece of clothing that is very thin and fine and almost transparent
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| [Mid-16th century. Origin ?] |
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| sheer·ly adverb |
| sheer·ness noun |
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