Definitions
Very steep, complete, or thin and transparent.
Word origin
Perhaps from Dutch scheren (“to move aside, skim”); see also shear.
Used in a sentence
“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.””
“She was cunningly dressed in a black, sheer gown with gold ornaments showing her figure to perfection.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Very steep”5 letters
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