vverb.motionturn sharply; change direction abruptlySynset:curve cut slew slue swerve trend veer
Examples:- The car cut to the left at the intersection
- The motorbike veered to the right
Derivationally Related Form:trendcurveveeringswerveswerving
Hypernyms:turn
Inherited Hypernyms:swerveturnmove
Direct Hyponyms:peel offyaw
Full Troponyms:peel offyaw
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.motioncause to sheerExamples:- She sheered her car around the obstacle
Hypernyms:channelise channelize direct guide head maneuver manoeuver manoeuvre point steer
Inherited Hypernyms:sheersteercontrol
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allcomplete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiersSynset:absolute downright out-and-out rank right-down
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:incomplete
Derivationally Related Form:absoluteness
Inherited Hypernyms:absolute
Similar to:complete
adj satadj.allnot mixed with extraneous elementsSynset:plain unmingled unmixed
Examples:- plain water
- sheer wine
- not an unmixed blessing
Antonyms:impure
Derivationally Related Form:plainness
Inherited Hypernyms:plain
Similar to:pure
adj satadj.allvery steep; having a prominent and almost vertical frontSynset:bluff bold
Examples:- a bluff headland
- where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
- a sheer descent of rock
Antonyms:gradual
Inherited Hypernyms:bluff
Similar to:steep
adj satadj.allso thin as to transmit lightSynset:cobwebby diaphanous filmy gauze-like gauzy gossamer see-through transparent vaporous vapourous
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:thick
Derivationally Related Form:transparencytransparentnessfilmgauzecobweb
Inherited Hypernyms:diaphanous
Similar to:thin
advadv.allstraight up or down without a breakSynset:perpendicularly
Inherited Hypernyms:sheer
advadv.alldirectlyExamples:- he fell sheer into the water
Inherited Hypernyms:sheer