steep, abrupt, precipitous, sheer mean having an incline approaching the perpendicular. steep implies such sharpness of pitch that ascent or descent is very difficult.

SHEER meaning: 1. used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing…. Learn more.

Sheer definition: transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics.. See examples of SHEER used in a sentence.

Definition of sheer adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [only before noun] used to emphasize the size, degree or amount of something. The area is under threat from the …

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1. transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings. 2. unmixed with anything else; unadulterated: sheer rock; sheer luck. 3. unqualified; utter: sheer nonsense. 4. extending …

Collocations: sheer [size, strength, expanse, number, weight, amount, force], [amazed, surprised, overwhelmed] by the sheer [size] of it, that was sheer stupidity!, more...

You can use sheer to emphasize that a state or situation is complete and does not involve or is not mixed with anything else.

Some common synonyms of sheer are abrupt, precipitous, and steep. While all these words mean "having an incline approaching the perpendicular," sheer suggests an unbroken perpendicular …

sheer adjective (LARGE) used to emphasize the large size or amount of something: