transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics

sheer stockings.

unmixed with anything else

We drilled a hundred feet through sheer rock.

unqualified; utter

sheer nonsense.

extending down or up very steeply; almost completely vertical

a sheer descent of rock.

British Obsolete . bright; shining.

clear; completely; quite

ran sheer into the thick of battle.

perpendicularly; vertically; down or up very steeply.

a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.

adjective

moderate , slow , indefinite , uncertain , heavy , impermeable , thick

adjective

arduous , erect , headlong , perpendicular , precipitate , precipitous , sideling , uprightnotes:shear (s) (noun) are large scissors with strong blades - (verb) to remove fleece , hair , or foliage by cutting or clipping; sheer (adjective) means complete and without restriction or qualification - (verb) turn sharply or change direction abruptly , altogether , arrant , blasted , blessed , complete , confounded , downright , gross , infernal , out-and-out * , outright , perfect , pure , quite , rank , simple , single , thoroughgoing , total , unadulterated , unalloyed , undiluted , unmitigated , unmixed , unqualifiednotes:shear (s) (noun) are large scissors with strong blades - (verb) to remove fleece , airy , chiffon , clear , cobwebby , delicate , diaphanous , filmy , fine , flimsy , fragile , gauzy , gossamer , lacy , limpid , lucid , pellucid , slight , smooth , soft , tiffany , translucent , transparentnotes:shear (s) (noun) are large scissors with strong blades - (verb) to remove fleece , aerial , aery , ethereal , gossamery , transparent , vaporous , vapory , absolute , all-out , consummate , crashing , damned , dead , flat , out-and-out , plain , thorough , unbounded , unequivocal , unlimited , unqualified , unrelieved , unreserved , abrupt , bold , completely , deflect , deviate , mere , steep , swerve , tenuous , thin , turn , upright , utter , utterly , veer

verb

chop , cut , skew , slue , veer