Verb | 1. | sheer - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" |
2. | sheer - cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle" | |
Adj. | 1. | sheer - 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" |
2. | sheer - not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" | |
3. | sheer - 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" | |
4. | sheer - 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" | |
Adv. | 1. | sheer - straight up or down without a break Synonyms: perpendicularly |
2. | sheer - directly; "he fell sheer into the water" |