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of transparently thin quality, usually of fabric
absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)(adj)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"
plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed(adj)not mixed with extraneous elements
"plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
bluff, bold, sheer(adj)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"
diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby(verb)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"
swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut(verb)turn sharply; change direction abruptly
"The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
sheer(adverb)cause to sheer
"She sheered her car around the obstacle"
sheer, perpendicularly(adverb)straight up or down without a break
sheer(adverb)directly
"he fell sheer into the water"
to change one's course or directionthe cruise ship sheered to the northwest, putting it safely out of the path of the hurricane
to depart abruptly from a straight line or coursethe car sheered to avoid hitting the dog
very thin and easy to see throughwe had to get window shades because passersby could see right through our sheer curtains
having no exceptions or restrictionssurvivors of the earthquake told of experiencing sheer terror
having an incline approaching the perpendicularthe sheer slopes of the ravine
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