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sheer[1,adjective] sheer[2,adverb] sheer[3,verb] sheer[4,noun]

Main Entry: ¹sheer
Pronunciation: shi()r
Function: adjective
Etymology: from earlier sheer "shining," from Middle English sheer "freed from guilt," probably from an early Norse word skærr "pure"
1 : very thin or transparent <sheer stockings>
2 a : being such to the fullest degree : UTTER <sheer nonsense> b : taken or acting apart from everything else <by sheer force>
3 : very steep : being almost straight up and down <a sheer drop to the sea>
synonym see STEEP
- sheer·ly adverb
- sheer·ness noun