sheer
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}, {unmingled},
{unmixed}]
3: having a prominent and almost vertical front; "abluff
headland"; "the bold face of the cliff"; "a sheer descent
of rock" [syn: {bluff}, {bold}]
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}, {gossamer}, {see-through}, {transparent},
{vaporous}, {cobwebby}]
adv 1: straight up or down without a break [syn: {perpendicularly}]
2: directly; "he fell sheer into the water"
v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the
left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the
right" [syn: {swerve}, {curve}, {trend}, {veer}, {slue},
{slew}, {cut}]
2: cause to sheer: "She sheered her car around the obstacle"