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Sheer

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Definitions for Sheer

verb
turn sharply
Synonyms
swerve curve trend veer slue slew cut
Examples
  1. change direction abruptly
  2. The car cut to the left at the intersection
  3. The motorbike veered to the right
verb
cause to sheer
Examples
  1. She sheered her car around the obstacle
adjective
complete and without restriction or qualification
Synonyms
absolute downright out-and-out(a) rank(a) right-down sheer(a)
Examples
  1. sometimes used informally as intensifiers
  2. absolute freedom
  3. an absolute dimwit
  4. a downright lie
  5. out-and-out mayhem
  6. an out-and-out lie
  7. a rank outsider
  8. many right-down vices
  9. got the job through sheer persistence
  10. sheer stupidity
adjective
not mixed with extraneous elements
Synonyms
plain unmingled unmixed
Examples
  1. plain water
  2. sheer wine
  3. not an unmixed blessing
adjective
very steep
Synonyms
bluff bold
Examples
  1. having a prominent and almost vertical front
  2. a bluff headland
  3. where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
  4. a sheer descent of rock
adjective
so thin as to transmit light
Synonyms
diaphanous filmy gauzy gauze-like gossamer see-through transparent vaporous vapourous cobwebby
Examples
  1. a hat with a diaphanous veil
  2. filmy wings of a moth
  3. gauzy clouds of dandelion down
  4. gossamer cobwebs
  5. sheer silk stockings
  6. transparent chiffon
  7. vaporous silks
adverb
straight up or down without a break
Synonyms
perpendicularly
adverb
directly
Examples
  1. he fell sheer into the water

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