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4 meanings

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1 —as in:
a sheer blouse

Definition

typically of fabric: very thin and delicate — often transparent

In the kitchen, I want sheer curtains that I can see through.

sheer = so thin and delicate as to be transparent

Other Uses (with this meaning)

She likes sheer silk stockings.

sheer = so thin and delicate as to be transparent

At work, the blouse is too sheer to wear without a coat.

sheer = thin and delicate

A moment later I could see her peering at me from behind the sheer white curtain of the door window, her eyes terrified.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

sheer = thin and transparent

I wore jeans, a large gray T-shirt, and steel-toed boots; the other girls wore black leotards and sheer, shimmering skirts, white tights and tiny ballet shoes the color of taffy.
Tara Westover -- Educated

sheer = thin and delicate

He took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them, one by one, before us, shirts of sheer linen and thick silk and fine flannel, which lost their folds as they fell and covered the table in many-colored disarray.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

sheer = thin

Whatever bravery or skill I had ever shown were gifts of God—sheer loans from Him of the talent needed to do a job.
Corrie ten Boom -- The Hiding Place
Beside him stands a Tribal girl clad in sheer, rose-colored robes, their hems embroidered with tiny round mirrors.
Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
I grab at the sheer blue curtain panels and yank them until the rod snaps and the curtains fall around me.
Colleen Hoover -- Hopeless

sheer = typically of fabric: very thin and delicate — often transparent

It's made of super-sheer plastic, and as I wrap it around my body, securing it at the waist with a knot, I'm fully aware that you can still see pretty much everything including the outline of my underwear—through its fabric.
Lauren Oliver -- Delirium

sheer = thin and transparent

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2 —as in:
sheer fun

Definition

complete or pure — without restriction, qualification, or other elements (used for emphasis)

She got the job through sheer persistence.

sheer = pure (completely by)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

It was a demonstration of sheer stupidity.

sheer = complete

No, it was not anger, it was loathing; it was hatred, sheer and unadulterated, and as she became lost in hatred she also began to be lost in IT.
Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time

sheer = pure

The last part of the will was sheer lunacy.
Ellen Raskin -- The Westing Game

sheer = complete

For the sake of the labourers; it would be sheer cruelty to afflict them with excessive leisure.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

sheer = pure (used for emphasis)

And anyway it's a sheer impossibility that Armstrong can be in the house.
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

sheer = complete

Her first surge of relief soon died away, and her thoughts, numbed by the sheer terror of pursuit, began to stir again in hopeless circles.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

sheer = complete

For a while sheer anger mastered me.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

sheer = complete and without restriction

We can do nothing else, it is a sheer necessity.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

sheer = complete

Everyone was rather amazed at the sheer size of the gift.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

sheer = total (used for emphasis)

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3 —as in:
a sheer cliff

Definition

so steep it is almost vertical

Be careful on that road. There is a sheer drop-off on the right.