sheer

Adverb
  1. Straight up or down without a break (synset 400454019)
    same as: perpendicularly
  2. Directly (synset 400453945)
    "he fell sheer into the water"
Adjective
  1. Complete and without restriction or qualification;
    Sometimes used informally as intensifiers (synset 300522835)
    "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"
    similar to: complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step
    same as: absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down
  2. Not mixed with extraneous elements (synset 301913300)
    "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
    similar to: pure - free of extraneous elements of any kind
    same as: plain, unmingled, unmixed
  3. Very steep;
    Having a prominent and almost vertical front (synset 301148907)
    "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock"
    similar to: steep - having a sharp inclination
    same as: bluff, bold
  4. So thin as to transmit light (synset 302422186)
    "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"
    similar to: thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
    same as: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, vapourous
Verb
  1. Turn sharply;
    Change direction abruptly (synset 202037140)
    "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
    is a type of: turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
    subtypes:
    • peel off - leave a formation
    • yaw - swerve off course momentarily
    same as: curve, cut, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer
  2. Cause to sheer (synset 201845413)
    "She sheered her car around the obstacle"
    is a type of: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

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