verb
cause to sheer"She sheered her car around the obstacle"
verb
turn sharplychange direction abruptly
"The car cut to the left at the intersection"
"The motorbike veered to the right"
"The motorbike veered to the right"
adjectiv
very steephaving a prominent and almost vertical front
"a bluff headland"
"where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"
"a sheer descent of rock"
"where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"
"a sheer descent of rock"
adjectiv
not mixed with extraneous elements"plain water"
"sheer wine"
"not an unmixed blessing"
"sheer wine"
"not an unmixed blessing"
adjectiv
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"
"filmy wings of a moth"
"gauzy clouds of dandelion down"
"gossamer cobwebs"
"sheer silk stockings"
"transparent chiffon"
"vaporous silks"
adverb
directly"he fell sheer into the water"
adverb
straight up or down without a breakSinonime:
(adjectiv) bluff, bold, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, plain, transparent, unmixed, vaporous
(verb) curve, cut, slew, swerve, trend, veer