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(adverb) directly; "he fell sheer into the water" |
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(adverb) straight up or down without a break |
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Synonyms: perpendicularly |
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(verb) cause to sheer: "She sheered her car around the obstacle" |
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Related Words: direct, guide, head, maneuver, manouevre, point, steer |
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(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" |
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Synonyms: curve, cut, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer |
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Related Words: peel off, turn, yaw |
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(satellite adjective) not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" |
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Synonyms: plain, unmingled, unmixed |
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(satellite adjective) having a prominent and almost vertical front; "abluff headland"; "the bold face of the cliff"; "a sheer descent of rock" |
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Synonyms: bluff, bold |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous |
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