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sheer

/ʃir/

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adjective
not mixed with extraneous elements
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"sheer wine"

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plain unmingled unmixed pure
adjective
very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
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"a sheer descent of rock"

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bluff bold steep
verb
turn sharply; change direction abruptly
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curve cut slew slue swerve trend veer

type of:
turn
adverb
straight up or down without a break
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perpendicularly
adjective
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
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"got the job through sheer persistence" "sheer stupidity"

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absolute downright out-and-out rank right-down complete
adjective
so thin as to transmit light
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"sheer silk stockings"

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cobwebby diaphanous filmy gauze-like gauzy gossamer see-through transparent vaporous vapourous thin
verb
cause to sheer
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"She sheered her car around the obstacle"

type of:
steer channelize direct guide head maneuver manoeuver manoeuvre channelise point

Examples of sheer

"sheer wine"
"a sheer descent of rock"
"got the job through sheer persistence"
"sheer stupidity"
"sheer silk stockings"
"She sheered her car around the obstacle"