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What does sheer mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word sheer? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (textiles) Very thin or transparent.
  2. (obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.
  3. (by extension) Downright; complete; pure.
  4. Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.
  5. Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
Adverb
  1. (archaic) Clean; quite; at once.
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) To shear.
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