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Defenition of the word sheer

    • Defenition of the word 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"
      • having a prominent and almost vertical front; "abluff headland"; "the bold face of the cliff"; "a sheer descent of rock"
      • 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"
      • not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
      • directly; "he fell sheer into the water"
      • cause to sheer: "She sheered her car around the obstacle"
      • straight up or down without a break
      • turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
      • cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"
      • 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"
      • cause to sheer
      • turn sharply; change direction abruptly
      • complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
      • very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
      • not mixed with extraneous elements
      • so thin as to transmit light
      • directly

    Synonyms for the word sheer

      • absolute
      • bluff
      • bold
      • cobwebby
      • curve
      • cut
      • diaphanous
      • downright
      • filmy
      • gauzy
      • gossamer
      • out-and-out
      • perpendicularly
      • plain
      • rank
      • right-down
      • see-through
      • slew
      • slue
      • swerve
      • transparent
      • trend
      • unmingled
      • unmixed
      • vaporous
      • veer

    Similar words in the sheer

      • complete
      • pure
      • steep
      • thin

    Hyponyms for the word sheer

      • peel off
      • yaw

    Hypernyms for the word sheer

      • channelise
      • channelize
      • direct
      • guide
      • head
      • maneuver
      • manoeuver
      • manoeuvre
      • manouevre
      • point
      • steer
      • turn

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