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sheer - 9 definitions

- verb
1. swerve -- turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
synonyms: swerve, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. sheer -- cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. sheer, sheers -- to swerve
synonyms: sheers, sheered, sheerer, sheerly, sheerest, sheering
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
- adjective
4. absolute -- 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
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. plain -- not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
synonyms: plain, unmingled, unmixed
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. bluff -- 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
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. diaphanous -- 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: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- adverb
8. sheer -- straight up or down without a break
synonyms: perpendicularly
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. sheer -- directly; "he fell sheer into the water"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
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