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English to English adjective
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Bright; clear; pure; unmixed. |  | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | | Example: 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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not mixed with extraneous elements | | Example: plain water
sheer wine
not an unmixed blessing
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very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front | | Example: a bluff headland
where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
a sheer descent of rock
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so thin as to transmit light | | Example: 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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adverb
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straight up or down without a break | | source: wordnet30
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directly | | Example: he fell sheer into the water
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Clean; quite; at once. | | source: webster1913
noun
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The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. | | source: webster1913
verb
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turn sharply; change direction abruptly | | Example: The car cut to the left at the intersection
The motorbike veered to the right
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cause to sheer | | Example: She sheered her car around the obstacle
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To shear. | | source: webster1913
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To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle. | | source: webster1913
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