sheer

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• February 10. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  sheer — verb — english

  turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  sheer — verb — english

  cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"

• March 23. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  sheer — adverb — english

  straight up or down without a break

• March 23. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  sheer — adverb — english

  directly; "he fell sheer into the water"

• March 31. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  sheer — adjective — english

  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"

• March 31. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  sheer — adjective — english

  not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"

• March 31. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  sheer — adjective — english

  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"

• March 31. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  sheer — adjective — english

  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"