sheer
/ʃɪr/
केवल, सिर्फ
verb
1. swerve, 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"
adjective
1. absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down
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, unmingled, unmixed
not mixed with extraneous elements
"plain water"
"sheer wine"
"not an unmixed blessing"
3. bluff, bold
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, 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"
adverb
1. perpendicularly
straight up or down without a break
2. sheer
directly
"he fell sheer into the water"
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