sheer

(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly. Synonyms: swerve, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut. Examples: "The car cut to the left at the intersection." "The motorbike veered to the right."

(verb) cause to sheer. Examples: "She sheered her car around the obstacle."

(adj) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers. Synonyms: absolute, downright, out-and-out(prenominal), rank(prenominal), right-down, sheer(prenominal). Examples: "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."

(adj) not mixed with extraneous elements. Synonyms: plain, unmingled, unmixed. Examples: "Plain water." "Sheer wine." "Not an unmixed blessing."

(adj) very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front. Synonyms: bluff, bold. Examples: "A bluff headland." "Where the bold chalk cliffs of england rise." "A sheer descent of rock."

(adj) so thin as to transmit light. Synonyms: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby. Examples: "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."

(adv) straight up or down without a break. Synonyms: perpendicularly.

(adv) directly. Examples: "He fell sheer into the water."