All 6 Uses
sheer
in
Nation, by Terry Pratchett
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- The other three sides were protected by sheer, crumbling cliffs, in which sea caves boomed and foamed.†
Chpt 2. *
- It was sheer panic, and he'd been working so hard burying those poor people in the sea.†
Chpt 3.
- Daphne put her hand over her mouth in sheer shock.†
Chpt 4.
- It wasn't a totally sheer drop; you'd bounce off rocks several times before you ever hit the water.†
Chpt 9.
- And then you realize you can't see the path anymore and it's getting dark and the snow is blotting out the sky— A big bird, out of sheer luck, landed on her head, scrabbling for a foothold in her hair with claws like old men's hands.†
Chpt 9.
- It was sheer poisonous hatred.†
Chpt 13.
Definitions:
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(1)
(sheer as in: a sheer blouse) typically of fabric: very thin and delicate -- often transparent
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(2)
(sheer as in: sheer fun) complete or pure -- without restriction, qualification, or other elements (used for emphasis)
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(3)
(sheer as in: a sheer cliff) so steep it is almost vertical
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(4)
(sheer as in: sheer to the left) change direction; or to cause such a change of direction -- usually abruptly
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(5)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Sheer can also be an alternative spelling for shear (to cut). Sheers can refer to light, transparent curtains.