OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 14970

sheer

/ˈʃɪə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fino • muy delgado • transparente
Very thin or transparent.
Her light, sheer dress caught everyone’s attention.
“She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.”
acantilado • enorme • escarpado • gran • grosso • mero • puro • tremendo • vertical
Downright; complete; pure.
I think it is sheer genius to invent such a thing.
This poem is sheer nonsense.