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A sheer curtain or fabric.

Example: Use sheers to maximize natural light.

Very thin or transparent.

Example: Her light, sheer dress caught everyone’s attention.

Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.

(by extension) Downright; complete; pure.

Example: I think it is sheer genius to invent such a thing.

Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.

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

Clean; quite; at once.

The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.

An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.

To swerve from a course.

Example: A horse sheers at a bicycle.

To shear.