1. (

• swerve ,
• sheer ,
• curve ,
• trend ,
• veer ,
• slue ,
• slew ,
• cut ,

) turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" ;

2. (

• sheer ,

) cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle" ;

1. (

• absolute ,
• downright ,
• out-and-out ,
• rank ,
• right-down ,
• 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" ;

2. (

• plain ,
• sheer ,
• unmingled ,
• unmixed

) not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" ;

3. (

• bluff ,
• bold ,
• sheer

) 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" ;

4. (

• diaphanous ,
• filmy ,
• gauzy ,
• gauze-like ,
• gossamer ,
• see-through ,
• sheer ,
• transparent ,
• vaporous ,
• vapourous ,
• cobwebby

) 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" ;

1. (

• sheer ,
• perpendicularly ,

) straight up or down without a break ;

2. (

• sheer

) directly; "he fell sheer into the water" ;