| ADJECTIVE | all | sheer, absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down | complete and without restriction or qualification / qualification |
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| all | sheer, plain, unmingled, unmixed | not mixed with extraneous elements | |
| all | sheer, bluff, bold | very steep | |
| all | sheer, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby | so thin as to transmit light | |
| VERB | motion | sheer, swerve, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut | turn sharply |
| motion | sheer | cause to sheer | |
| ADVERB | all | sheer, perpendicularly | straight up or down without a break |
| all | sheer | directly |
| Sounds | shih'r | |
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| Rhymes | acyclovir ... zaire / Zaire: 93 rhymes with ihr... | |
| Meaning | complete and without restriction or qualification / qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers. | |
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| Synonyms | absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down | |
| Broader | complete | Having every necessary or normal part or component or step |
| Spanish | absoluto, evidente, puro, redomado | |
| Meaning | not mixed with extraneous elements. | |
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| Example | "sheer wine" | |
| Synonyms | plain, unmingled, unmixed | |
| Broader | pure | Free of extraneous elements of any kind |
| Meaning | Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front. | |
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| Example | "a sheer descent of rock" | |
| Synonyms | bluff, bold | |
| Broader | steep | Having a sharp inclination |
| Spanish | perpendicular | |
| Meaning | So thin as to transmit light. | |
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| Example | "sheer silk stockings" | |
| Synonyms | diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby | |
| Broader | thin | Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section |
| Spanish | diáfano, transparente | |
| Catalan | transparent | |
| Meaning | Straight up or down without a break. | |
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| Synonym | perpendicularly | |
| Spanish | perpendicularmente | |
| Meaning | directly. | |
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| Example | "he fell sheer into the water" | |
| Spanish | de lleno, directamente | |
| Meaning | Turn sharply; change direction abruptly. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | swerve, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut | |
| Narrower | peel off | Leave a formation |
| yaw | swerve off course momentarily | |
| Broader | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| Spanish | virar | |
| Meaning | Cause to sheer. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She sheered her car around the obstacle" | |
| Broader | steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise | direct the course |
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