- SHEER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
sheer adjective (THIN) Sheer clothing or material is so thin, light, and delicate that you can see through it: sheer nylon tights
- SHEER Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
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 Meaning | Dictionary. com
Sheer definition: transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics See examples of SHEER used in a sentence
- sheer adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
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 sheer number of tourists using it We were impressed by the sheer size of the cathedral
- Sheer - definition of sheer by The Free Dictionary
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 down or up very steeply; almost completely vertical: a sheer descent
- sheer - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something quotations The army's sheer size made it impossible to resist
- sheer - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
Collocations: sheer [size, strength, expanse, number, weight, amount, force], [amazed, surprised, overwhelmed] by the sheer [size] of it, that was sheer stupidity!, more
- Shear vs. Sheer: Whats the Difference? - Grammarly
Shear refers to the act of cutting something, especially wool from sheep, or to the stress in structural elements causing layers to slide against each other Sheer, on the other hand, describes something extremely steep, thin to the point of transparency, or outright or complete
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