SHEER

• (verb) cause to sheer

  "She sheered her car around the obstacle"

• (verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly

  "The car cut to the left at the intersection", "The motorbike veered to the right"

  synonyms : curve , cut , slew , slue , swerve , trend , veer

• (adverb) directly

  "he fell sheer into the water"

• (adverb) straight up or down without a break

  synonyms : perpendicularly

• (adj.) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

  "absolute freedom", "an absolute dimwit", "a downright lie", "out-and-out mayhem", "an out-and-out lie", "a rank outsider", "many right-down vices", "got the job through sheer persistence", "sheer stupidity"

  synonyms : absolute , downright , out-and-out , rank , right-down

  Absolute freedom is an impossibility. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

  "a bluff headland", "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise", "a sheer descent of rock"

  synonyms : bluff , bold

  He could see a bluff headland going into the sea. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) not mixed with extraneous elements

  "plain water", "sheer wine", "not an unmixed blessing"

  synonyms : plain , unmingled , unmixed

• (adj.) so thin as to transmit light

  "a hat with a diaphanous veil", "filmy wings of a moth", "gauzy clouds of dandelion down", "gossamer cobwebs", "sheer silk stockings", "transparent chiffon", "vaporous silks"

  synonyms : cobwebby , diaphanous , filmy , gauze-like , gauzy , gossamer , see-through , transparent , vaporous , vapourous

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