Definition of "sheer" in Englisch

adjective

1. (textiles) Very thin or transparent.

   • Her light, sheer dress caught everyone’s attention.

2. (obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.

3. (by extension) Downright; complete; pure.

   • I think it is sheer genius to invent such a thing.
   • This poem is sheer nonsense.

4. Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.

   • The army's sheer size made it impossible to resist.

5. Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.

   • It was a sheer drop of 180 feet.

adverb

1. (archaic) Clean; completely; at once.

noun

1. A sheer curtain or fabric.

   • Use sheers to maximize natural light.

noun

1. (nautical) The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.

2. (nautical) An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.

verb

1. (chiefly nautical) To swerve from a course.

2. Obsolete spelling of shear.