All 4 Uses

sheer
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Ferris Beach
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Soon the streetlights would come on and slowly the neighborhood would light up, Christmas trees and all the adornments that Mrs. Poole had called sheer tackiness.
Chpt 6 *

sheer = pure or complete
Angela was wearing a red dress, too, smocked at the top with a low neckline, long puffy sleeves, and folds of the thin sheer material that hung in different lengths about six inches above her knees.
Chpt 21 *

sheer = thin and delicate
He pointed up at our house, where the sheers in my window were pulled off to one side.†
Chpt 21 *

Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:

Her gown was as thin as Mama's sheers in the dining room.
Chpt 21 *

sheers = window coverings that are so thin one can look out through them

Definitions:

(1) (sheer as in: a sheer blouse)
typically of fabric: very thin and delicate -- often transparent
(2) (sheer as in: sheer fun)
complete or pure -- without restriction, qualification, or other elements (used for emphasis)
(3) (sheer as in: a sheer cliff)
so steep it is almost vertical
(4) (sheer as in: sheer to the left)
change direction; or to cause such a change of direction -- usually abruptly
(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.