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Meaning of sheer
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sheer
adv 1: straight up or down without a break [syn: {sheer},
{perpendicularly}]
2: directly; "he fell sheer into the water"
adj 1: 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" [syn: {absolute},
{downright}, {out-and-out(a)}, {rank(a)}, {right-down},
{sheer(a)}]
2: not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer
wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" [syn: {plain}, {sheer},
{unmingled}, {unmixed}]
3: 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" [syn: {bluff}, {bold},
{sheer}]
4: 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" [syn: {diaphanous}, {filmy},
{gauzy}, {gauze-like}, {gossamer}, {see-through}, {sheer},
{transparent}, {vaporous}, {vapourous}, {cobwebby}]
v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to
the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the
right" [syn: {swerve}, {sheer}, {curve}, {trend}, {veer},
{slue}, {slew}, {cut}]
2: cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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